GoCoop, a social marketplace will make Indian handloom and handicraft products available online and reduce the gap amid producers and consumers. It has signed an agreement with the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment to provide beneficiaries of NSFDC, NBCFDC, and NSKFDC – the constituent corporations under the ministry – a marketing platform, training, infrastructural and field-level services, to help artisans get market prices for their products. Launched in 2012, GoCoop showcases products by 60,000 artisans from 20 clusters in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, and Orissa. Some big fashion retailers in the US and Europe are among its 6,000 customers worldwide.
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