{"id":354772,"date":"2025-07-07T01:14:54","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T06:44:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=354772"},"modified":"2025-07-07T01:16:23","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T06:46:23","slug":"piyush-goyal-bats-for-vocal-for-local-at-kashmir-trade-meet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/piyush-goyal-bats-for-vocal-for-local-at-kashmir-trade-meet\/","title":{"rendered":"Piyush Goyal Bats for \u2018Vocal for Local\u2019 at Kashmir Trade Meet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2025\/07\/Piyush-Goyal-Bats-for-\u2018Vocal-for-Local-at-Kashmir-Trade-Meet-1024x682.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-354773\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2025\/07\/Piyush-Goyal-Bats-for-\u2018Vocal-for-Local-at-Kashmir-Trade-Meet-1024x682.png 1024w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2025\/07\/Piyush-Goyal-Bats-for-\u2018Vocal-for-Local-at-Kashmir-Trade-Meet-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2025\/07\/Piyush-Goyal-Bats-for-\u2018Vocal-for-Local-at-Kashmir-Trade-Meet-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2025\/07\/Piyush-Goyal-Bats-for-\u2018Vocal-for-Local-at-Kashmir-Trade-Meet-1536x1024.png 1536w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2025\/07\/Piyush-Goyal-Bats-for-\u2018Vocal-for-Local-at-Kashmir-Trade-Meet-696x464.png 696w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2025\/07\/Piyush-Goyal-Bats-for-\u2018Vocal-for-Local-at-Kashmir-Trade-Meet-1068x712.png 1068w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2025\/07\/Piyush-Goyal-Bats-for-\u2018Vocal-for-Local-at-Kashmir-Trade-Meet-630x420.png 630w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2025\/07\/Piyush-Goyal-Bats-for-\u2018Vocal-for-Local-at-Kashmir-Trade-Meet-1920x1280.png 1920w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2025\/07\/Piyush-Goyal-Bats-for-\u2018Vocal-for-Local-at-Kashmir-Trade-Meet.png 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Srinagar: Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Sunday urged traders and entrepreneurs in Jammu and Kashmir to embrace the \u2018Vocal for Local\u2019 campaign and explore global markets for regional products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking at a conclave organized by the Federation of Trade and Industry of India (FTII) in Srinagar, Goyal said the central government was committed to boosting local industry and exports from the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe conclave centred on the theme \u2018Vocal for Local\u2019, and everyone here pledged to promote indigenous products and take them global,\u201d Goyal told reporters on the sidelines of the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The campaign, launched in 2020, encourages consumers to buy domestically produced goods while supporting small and medium enterprises in becoming globally competitive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The minister said he met with local traders and business leaders to discuss ways of enhancing the export potential of Kashmiri products. He added that the government had invested in industrial development across the Union Territory, including sectors like healthcare, manufacturing, and food processing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThrough a \u20b928,000 crore incentive scheme, industrial units have been developed in key sectors,\u201d Goyal said, adding that Kashmir must move forward on the path of industrialization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Referring to the recent terrorist attack in Pahalgam, Goyal condemned the incident and called it an assault on the region\u2019s economy. \u201cKashmir has shown that it won\u2019t be cowed by terrorism anymore,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also credited the people of the Valley for their support of Operation Sindoor, a military response to cross-border terrorism. \u201cThe government has given a strong and fitting reply to Pakistan\u2019s continued support for terror,\u201d Goyal said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Srinagar: Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Sunday urged traders and entrepreneurs in Jammu and Kashmir to embrace the \u2018Vocal for Local\u2019 campaign and explore global markets for regional products. Speaking at a conclave organized by the Federation of Trade and Industry of India (FTII) in Srinagar, Goyal said the central government was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":354773,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[167],"tags":[16181,18342,19927,19926],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354772"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=354772"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354772\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":354776,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354772\/revisions\/354776"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/354773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=354772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=354772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=354772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}