Flipkart signs MOU with SERP

Flipkart, India's homegrown e-commerce marketplace, on Saturday said it signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Society for Elimination of Rural Poverty (SERP), Telangana to enable market access for Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs) and Self-Help Groups (SHGs) in the state. The MoU was exchanged between Sandeep Kumar Sultania, Principal Secretary, Panchayat Raj & Rural Development, Telangana, and Smrithi Ravichandran, Vice President and Head of Grocery, Flipkart, at an event held here, a press release from the e-commerce giant said.

World Trade Shamshabad will be an active partner in identifying and engaging the SHGs and FPOs to Flipkart. This process will enable the farmers and SHGs to earn more income. During the MOU signing event, Mr. Errabelli Dayakar Rao, the State Minister for Panchayat Raj, Rural Development and Rural Water Supply, Government of Telangana has felicitated Mr. Akhliesh Mahurkar, Director at World Trade Center Shamshabad and Visakhapatnam for his immense contribution along with the other important stakeholders.