Lok Sabha Question No. 4769 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-29
Subject: MAI
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: Raju Bista

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4769 TO BE ANSWERED ON 29 th  MARCH,2023

## MAI

## 4769.  SHRI RAJU BISTA:

Will the Minister of COMMERCE & INDUSTRY ( वाणिज्य एवं उद्योग मं त्री ) be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of projects funded under the Market Access Initiative (MAI) Scheme since 2019 till date;
- (b) the total amount of funds provided in this duration including the State-wise breakup of funds provided/utilized under this scheme;
- (c) the details and the share of projects under the MAI that has supported cottage industries and handicraft units;
- (d) whether the Foreign Trade Facilitation portal is functional; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (SMT. ANUPRIYA PATEL)

- (a) & (b): Under  the  Market  Access  Initiative  (MAI)  Scheme,  assistance  is  given  to Export Promotion Councils, Trade Bodies, Commodity Boards etc. for undertaking various export facilitation and promotion activities. The details of the activities approved under the MAI Scheme and the funds utilised under the Scheme since FY 2019-20 till date are as under:

| Financial Year            |   No. of activities approved |   Fund allocated for the Scheme (in ₹Crore) |   Fund utilised (in ₹ Crore) |
|---------------------------|------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
| 2019-20                   |                          490 |                                       325   |                       325    |
| 2020-21                   |                          240 |                                       171.4 |                       171.4  |
| 2021-22                   |                          424 |                                       140   |                       140    |
| 2022-23 (as on 27.3.2023) |                          522 |                                       190   |                       159.91 |

- (c) The funds released under the Scheme since 2019-20 to the Carpet Export Promotion Council (CEPC), the Export Promotion Council for Handicrafts (EPCH), and the Handloom Export  Promotion  Council  (HEPC),  which  mainly  cater  to  the  cottage  industries  and handicraft units are as under:
- (d) & (e): The Indian Trade Portal (www.indiantradeportal.in), developed and maintained by the Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO), caters to the needs of EXIM community.  The facilitation provided by the Indian Trade Portal to the exporters includes product-wise countries tariff/preferential tariff information applicable for Indian products, rules of origin, market access requirements, Export-Import policy, export benefits, etc. Further, the Trade/Tender Queries are published by the Indian Missions abroad on the portal to enable Indian exporters to get maximum benefits out of it.

| MAI Assistance released (in ₹Crores)   | MAI Assistance released (in ₹Crores)   | MAI Assistance released (in ₹Crores)   | MAI Assistance released (in ₹Crores)   |
|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
| Financial Year                         | CEPC                                   | EPCH                                   | HEPC                                   |
| 2019-20                                | 10.55                                  | 8.91                                   | 2.27                                   |
| 2020-21                                | 2.38                                   | 5.01                                   | 1.75                                   |
| 2021-22                                | 0                                      | 0.84                                   | 0.08                                   |
| 2022-23 (as on 27.3.2023)              | 5.34                                   | 2.64                                   | 3.20                                   |

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