Lok Sabha Question No. 520 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-02-06
Subject: Export Strategy
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: GEETHA KOTHAPALLI

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 520 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06 th  FEBRUARY, 2017

## EXPORT STRATEGY

## 520. SHRIMATI KOTHAPALLI GEETHA:

Will the Minister of COMMERCE & INDUSTRY ( वािणÏय एवं उɮयोग मंत्री ) be pleased to state:

- (a) the steps being taken by the Government in bringing out a Logistics Performance Index to rank States along with its implementation status;
- (b) whether  the  States  are  cooperating  with  the  Centre  for  setting  up  common  facilities  like testing labs and training institutes as well as to ensure packaging and storage support to the Indian Industry;
- (c) the names of States which have prepared their export strategy and the steps being taken for the remaining States/UTs to expedite their export strategies;
- (d) whether services of IT and ITeS had an overwhelming pre-dominance in India's services exports but were largely restricted to the US and EU markets and are therefor vulnerable to changes imposed by these two trading blocks; and
- (e) if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  steps  being  taken  by  the  Government  in  tackling  such situation in future?

## ANSWER

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## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)

## (SMT. NIRMALA SITHARAMAN)

(a) Logistics  Performance  Index  (LPI)  is  published  by  World  Bank  every  2  years.  The  LPI  is  an international index to assessthe logistics environment across countries based on a global survey of logistics  professionals.  This  evaluation  contains  details  of  logistics  environments,  core  logistics processes and institutions, and performance time and cost.   The World Bank has not published any report on Sub-National LPI akin to a State Level LPI. The World Bank is assessing the feasibility of undertaking such a study.

(b) : Yes, Madam.

(c) : 19  States  namely  Gujarat,  Tamil  Nadu,  Karnataka,  Uttar  Pradesh,  Haryana,  Rajasthan, Telangana,  Odisha,  Uttrakhand,  Bihar,  Chhattisgarh,  Jharkhand,    Madhya  Pradesh,  Puducherry, Assam,  Arunachal  Pradesh,  Tripura,  Manipur  and  Andhra  Pradesh  have  prepared  their  export strategy.    Remaining State Governments have been advised to seek support of organizations like Federation of Indian Exporters Organization (FIEO). Indian Institute for Foreign Trade (IIFT) etc in the preparation of their export strategies

(d)  and  (e) :It  is  estimated  that  India's  Export  of  Computer  Software,  ITes  accounts  for  a  a  major share  in  India's  total  service  exports.  Most  of  IT-ITes  export  revenue  comes  from  US  and  EU predominantly due to our stregth in the English language.  The Government of India in consultation with the concerned organizations / associations is working closely to handle increasing protectionism threats from US and EU.   These countries are being impressed upon of the key challenges faced by Indian  IT  companies,  building  fact  bases  on  (i)  value  creation  of  Indian  IT  companies  to  the  US economy, (ii) benefits of skilled foreign workers (iii) realities of the visa regime and outlining technical talent crunch in these markets.

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