Govt working with SBI to launch e-commerce portal for MSMEs; to take on Amazon, Flipkart, others

Ease of Doing Business for MSMEs: The MSME Ministry is working with the State Bank of India to launch the e-commerce portal for MSMEs that will help them market and sell their products in India and internationally similar to platforms such as Amazon and Alibaba, MSME Nitin Gadkari said in a webinar organised by the All India Association of Industries. The e-commerce portal called Bharat Craft was announced by the government around mid-2019 and since then has been in the works. “For the marketing support of MSMEs, we are going to create an e-portal like Alibaba and Amazon. This is a live gateway for MSMEs to take products to the world and global market. We are working with the State Bank and as early as possible we will make this,” Gadkari said.