Lok Sabha Question No. 426 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-02-05
Subject: Meeting of Council of Trade Development and Promotion
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: RAJEEV SHANKARRAO SATAV, JAYAKUMAR JAYAVARDHAN, P.R. SUNDARAM, VIJAYSINH MOHITE PATIL, SUPRIYA SADANAND SULE, HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT, DHANANJAY BHIMRAO MAHADIK

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 426 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05 th  FEBRUARY,2018

## MEETING OF COUNCIL OF TRADE DEVELOPMENT AND PROMOTION

426.   SHRI SATAV RAJEEV:

DR. J. JAYAVARDHAN:

SHRI P.R. SUNDARAM:

SHRI MOHITE PATIL VIJAYSINH SHANKARRAO:

SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE:

DR. HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT:

SHRI DHANANJAY MAHADIK:

Will the Minister of COMMERCE & INDUSTRY ( वा ͨणÏय एवं उɮयोग मंğी ) be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the Government  has  held  third meeting  of the Council for  Trade Development and Promotion recently;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the issues discussed therein and the number of States which have participated in the meeting;
- (c) whether the Government has proposed incentives for States which play a proactive role in promoting exports and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether  the  Government  has  also  asked  the  States  to  appoint  at  least  one  nodal officer at the district level which is closest to the local market; and
- (e) if so, the response of the State Governments thereto along with the other steps taken by  the  Government  to  promote  overall  exports  and  push  the  country's  industrial growth?

## ANSWER

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THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (SHRI C. R. CHAUDHARY)

(a)  &  (b)  Yes,  Madam.    The  3 rd Meeting  of  the  Council  for  Trade  Development  and Promotion was held on 08 th January, 2018 in New Delhi under the Chairmanship of Hon'ble Commerce & Industry Minister in which representatives of 28 states and 4 UT's participated. The 13 Industry/Trade Ministers who are Members of the Council and the other State/UT

representatives  articulated  their  perspective  of  the  trade  policy,  need  for  creating  more awareness  of  export  related  issues  and  resolved  to  jointly  address  impediments  in  trade which affect India's exports.  The major issues discussed were promoting services exports, organic  farming,  value  addition  to  agricultural  products  including  facilitation  for  branding, promotion, packing and developing post-harvest infrastructure for agro-horti product exports, facilitation to exporters and creation of export infrastructure at the borders. (c) No Madam. (d) & (e) No,  Madam.  The  other  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  promote  overall exports and push the country's industrial growth are: i) During the mid-term review of the Foreign Trade Policy in December 2017, in order to  boost  exports,  incentives  under  Merchandise  Exports  from  India  Scheme  (MEIS)  were increased by 2% for labour intensive MSME sectors leading to additional annual incentive of Rs 4,567 Cr. ii) Increase in MEIS incentives from 2% to 4% for Ready Made garments and Made ups in the labour intensive Textiles sector with an additional annual incentive of Rs 2,743 Cr . iii) Incentives  under  Services  Exports  From  India  Scheme  (SEIS)  have  also  been increased by 2% leading to additional annual incentive of Rs 1,140 Cr at the mid-term review of the Policy. Apart from the above, the Government is continuously taking steps to boost growth in industries which inter alia includes creating conducive business environment, strengthening and

- iv) infrastructure, strengthening intellectual property regimes, promoting investment promoting the startup ecosystem.

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