All States are encouraged to establish PM Ekta Mall (Unity Mall), announced in the Union Budget 2023-24, for the promotion and sale of ODOP products (One District, One Product), Geographical Indication (GI) products, and other handicrafts from across the country. The Proposed Mall has provision for dedicated space for each Union Territory and State to display their ODOP products. In the fiscal year 2023-24, under Part- VI (Unity Mall) of the ‘Scheme for Special Assistance to States for Capital Investment 2023-24 (SASCI)’ of Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance Rs.5000 Cr was allocated for construction of PM Ekta Malls in all States. Under which upon recommendation of Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Department of Expenditure has approved Detailed Project Reports’ (DPRs) of 27 States
The details of fund sanctioned/released is as below:
| S.No | States | Place where PM Ekta Mall being constructed | Amount sanctioned by DOE, FY 2023-24(In Crores) |
| 1 | AndhraPradesh | Visakhapatnam | 172 |
| 2 | ArunachalPradesh | Itanagar | 188 |
| 3 | Assam | Guwahati | 226 |
| 4 | Bihar | Patna | 212.689 |
| 5 | Chhattisgarh | Raipur | 200.77 |
| 6 | Goa | Chimbel | 100 |
| 7 | Gujarat | Surat | 202 |
| 8 | Haryana | Karnal | 155 |
| 9 | HimachalPradesh | Dharamshala | 132 |
| 10 | Jharkhand | Ranchi | 162.92 |
| 11 | Karnataka | Mysuru | 192.99106 |
| 12 | Kerala | Thiruvananthapuram | 120 |
| 13 | MadhyaPradesh | Ujjain | 284 |
| 14 | Maharashtra | Navi Mumbai | 195.136 |
| 15 | Manipur | Imphal | 149 |
| 16 | Meghalaya | New Shillong | 132 |
| 17 | Mizoram | Aizawl | 127 |
| 18 | Nagaland | Chumukedima | 145 |
| 19 | Odisha | Bhubaneshwar | 187.12 |
| 20 | Punjab | Amritsar | 159 |
| 21 | Rajasthan | Jaipur | 202 |
| 22 | Sikkim | Gangtok | 106 |
| 23 | Tamil Nadu | Chennai | 223 |
| 24 | Telangana | Hyderabad | 202 |
| 25 | Tripura | Agartala | 114 |
| 26 | Uttar Pradesh | Agra, Lucknow, and Varanasi | 370.247 |
| 27 | Uttarakhand | Haridwar | 136 |
| Total | 4795.87306 |
The SASCI guidelines issued by the Department of Expenditure provided for an amount of Rs. 5000 crore for setting up of one Ekta Mall per State, to be set up preferably in the State-capital, on a ‘first come first serve basis’. The guidelines also have a provision for considering setting up of the Unity Mall in the financial-capital or a prominent tourism Centre of the State. An amount of Rs.5,000 crore has been earmarked for the Scheme. This will be provided to the States on 'First-come First-served basis. Exception has been given to the State of U.P, being a large state, to construct 3 Ekta Malls within the allocated budget. The land for the mall is made available by the State Government free of cost or the cost of acquisition of the land is borne by the State Government.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Shri Jitin Prasada, in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.