kolkata shopping malls will not just be about brands any longer in bengal kolkata will soon have a mall that would sell handmade goods straight from the selfhelp groups produce basket west bengal government is planning to come up with a shopping mall in em bypass dedicated to the selling of the hand made products by the selfhelp groups in the state through the mall the state government plans to give the selfhelp groups a permanent platform to exhibit and sell their products members of self help groups will be allowed to display their produce alternatively for a month in the shops said sadhan pande minister of state self help group while the state organises fairs to promote the self help groups most fairs happen in winter and the platform would also help these groups get in touch with more wholesellers or exporters alongside getting them more direct customers in the city pande added the mall would be a platform for the present number of 50 lakh self help groups in the state a 15 cottah land parcel has been bought from the kolkata improvement trust the lands costs a little over rs10 crores hooghly river bridge commissioners hrbc has been engaged to prepare a plan to set up the shopping mall the mall would also be housing a biswa bangla stall by tasmayee laha roy et bureau published on mar 8 2017 at 0417 pm ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etretail app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app shopping mall west bengal self help group hrbc handmade goods homenewswest bengal state government to set up exclusive shopping mall for self help groups products