Meghalaya govt to roll out online platform 'Meghamart': CM

Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma Tuesday said the state government will soon roll out 'Meghamart', an online platform to facilitate sale and purchase of over 10,000 products sourced from local entrepreneurs.

He said the state government will soon publish the procurement policy making it mandatory for government departments to source certain amount of their supplies from local entrepreneurs.

"The government would soon roll out 'MeghaMart', an online platform to facilitate the sale and purchase of products sourced from local entrepreneurs," he said at the launch of Muga Silk Mission here.

The chief minister said the government has already prepared a database comprising 2,000 enterprises and more than 10,000 products that will be available through the online platform.

The platform would have famous items from Meghalaya and these include the famous Muga silk, derived from the Muga silkworms, he said.

The chief minister said the Rs 130 crore 'Muga Mission' is one of