Lok Sabha Question No. 1561 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-07-29
Subject: PM Ekta Mall Scheme
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: Shri Ramprit Mandal, Shri Kaushalendra Kumar, Smt. Lovely Anand

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT FOR PROMOTION OF INDUSTRY AND INTERNAL TRADE

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1561. TO BE ANSWERED ON TUESDAY, THE 29 TH  JULY, 2025.

## PM EKTA MALL SCHEME

## 1561.  SHRI RAMPRIT MANDAL:

SHRI KAUSHALENDRA KUMAR:

SMT. LOVELY ANAND:

Will the Minister of COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY be pleased to state: वाणिज्य एवं उद्योग मंत्री

- (a) the names of the States and tourist places in the country where 27 malls have been selected and approved so far under the PM Ekta Mill scheme;
- (b) the amount of financial assistance provided by the Government to each of said PM
- Ekta Malls; and
- (c) the details of the norms fixed with regard to the selection process of malls under the said scheme?

## ANSWER

## वाणिज्य एवं उद्योग मंत्रालय में राज्य मंत्री ( श्री णिणिन प्रसाद ) THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (SHRI JITIN PRASADA)

(a)& (b) : All States are encouraged to establish PM Ekta Mall (Unity Mall), announced in the Union Budget 2023-24, for the promotion and sale of ODOP products (One District, One Product), Geographical Indication (GI) products, and other handicrafts  from  across  the  country.  The  Proposed  Mall  has  provision  for dedicated  space  for  each  Union  Territory  and  State  to  display  their  ODOP products. In  the  fiscal  year  2023-24,  under  Part-  VI  (Unity  Mall)  of  the 'Scheme  for  Special Assistance  to  States  for  Capital  Investment  2023-24 (SASCI)'  of  Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance Rs.5000 Cr was allocated for construction  of  PM  Ekta  Malls  in  all  States.  Under  which upon  recommendation  of

Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Department of Expenditure has approved Detailed Project Reports' (DPRs) of 27 States

. The details of fund sanctioned/released is as below:

| S. No.   | States            | Place where PM Ekta Mall being constructed   |   by DOE, |
|----------|-------------------|----------------------------------------------|-----------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    | Visakhapatnam                                |   172     |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh | Itanagar                                     |   188     |
| 3        | Assam             | Guwahati                                     |   226     |
| 4        | Bihar             | Patna                                        |   212.689 |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      | Raipur                                       |   200.77  |
| 6        | Goa               | Chimbel                                      |   100     |
| 7        | Gujarat           | Surat                                        |   202     |
| 8        | Haryana           | Karnal                                       |   155     |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh  | Dharamshala                                  |   132     |
| 10       | Jharkhand         | Ranchi                                       |   162.92  |
| 11       | Karnataka         | Mysuru                                       |   192.991 |
| 12       | Kerala            | Thiruvananthapuram                           |   120     |
| 13       | Madhya Pradesh    | Ujjain                                       |   284     |
| 14       | Maharashtra       | Navi Mumbai                                  |   195.136 |
| 15       | Manipur           | Imphal                                       |   149     |
| 16       | Meghalaya         | New Shillong                                 |   132     |
| 17       | Mizoram           | Aizawl                                       |   127     |
| 18       | Nagaland          | Chumukedima                                  |   145     |
| 19       | Odisha            | Bhubaneshwar                                 |   187.12  |
| 20       | Punjab            | Amritsar                                     |   159     |
| 21       | Rajasthan         | Jaipur                                       |   202     |
| 22       | Sikkim            | Gangtok                                      |   106     |
| 23       | Tamil Nadu        | Chennai                                      |   223     |
| 24       | Telangana         | Hyderabad                                    |   202     |
| 25       | Tripura           | Agartala                                     |   114     |
| 26       | Uttar Pradesh     | Agra, Lucknow, and Varanasi                  |   370.247 |
| 27       | Uttarakhand       | Haridwar                                     |   136     |
|          | Total             |                                              |  4795.87  |

- (c) : The SASCI guidelines issued by Department of Expenditure provided for  an amount of Rs. 5000 crore for setting up of one Ekta Mall per State, to be setup preferably in the State-capital, on a 'first come first serve basis'. The guidelines also have a provision for considering setting up of the Unity Mall in the financial-capital or a prominent tourism Centre of the State. An amount of Rs.5,000 crore has been earmarked for the Scheme. This will be provided to  the  States  on  'First-come  First-served  basis.  Exception  has been  given  to State of U.P, being a large state, to construct 3 Ekta Malls within the allocated budget. The land for the mall is made available by the State Government free of cost or the cost of acquisition of the land is borne by the State Government.

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