Overview

• Khadi and Village Industries Minister Rakesh Sachan confirmed eight-day trade shows in all 75 districts from October 9 to 16 with free stalls for entrepreneurs.
• Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal praised the platform’s success and framed it as a driver for inclusive growth and export-oriented MSMEs.
• Organisers reported heavy turnout, including 1,34,938 visitors on Sunday and more than four lakh attendees by day four, spanning B2B and B2C engagement.
• Women-led firms reported concrete outcomes, including Kanpur’s Sangeeta Singh signing a $10,000 MoU and Mauritius-linked deals for first-time participant Rabeen Kaur.
• Programming highlighted ODOP and khadi promotion, youth entrepreneurship and skills, EPFO briefings on the PM VBRY scheme, and Fire Department demonstrations of advanced rescue and firefighting technology.