Lok Sabha Question No. 2319 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-15
Subject: Promotion of Exports
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: Pratima Mondal

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2319 TO BE ANSWERED ON 15 th  MARCH,2023

## PROMOTION OF EXPORTS

## 2319.   SHRIMATI PRATIMA MONDAL:

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

- (a) whether the Government has any scheme to assist the States in promotion of exports and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the  details  of  total  funds  allocated  to  various  States  for  export  promotion,  sector  and State-wise during each of the last three years and the current year along with the steps taken by the Government to engage the States in export promotion;
- (c) the measures taken by the Government to improve the logistic constraints to achieve the export  target of the country;
- (d) whether  the  Government  has  also  made  provisions  for  tax  rebate  for  promotion  of exports and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the  value  of  rebate  provided during the last three years along with the role of the said rebate  in  increasing  the  exports  and  the  monitoring  system  in  place  to  ensure  proper utilisation of the said rebate?

## ANSWER

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

(a) Yes, Sir. The Department of Commerce, Government of India, is implementing the Trade Infrastructure  for  Export  Scheme  (TIES)  w.e.f.  FY  2017-18  to  assist  Central  and  State Government agencies in creating appropriate infrastructure for the growth of exports. Under the scheme, financial assistance in the form of grants-in-aid is provided to Central/State Government owned agencies (or their Joint Ventures with major stake-holding by them) for setting up or upgrading  export  infrastructure  in  States/UTs.  The  States  can  avail  of  the  scheme  through  their implementing  agencies  for  infrastructure  projects  with  significant  export  linkages  like  Border

Haats, Land customs stations, quality testing and certification labs, cold chains, trade promotion centres,  export  warehousing  and  packaging,  SEZs  and  ports/airports  cargo  terminuses.  The Scheme  guidelines  are  available  at  https://commerce.gov.in/trade-promotion/trade-promotionassistance/.

Further, Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC), Department of Revenue has issued  Circular  No.  09/2020  -Customs  dated  05.02.2020  for  streamlining  export  data  to include District level details in Shipping Bills. The same has been done to more effectively capture export data at the level of districts which would assist in efforts for promotion of exports.

(b) Department  of  Commerce  has  been  actively  interacting  and  engaging  with  the  State Governments / Union Territories to create an enabling environment to boost goods and services exports from the country by way of assisting them in formulating a comprehensive export strategy based on an assessment of State's strengths.

Under TIES, financial assistance for a total of 40 export infrastructure projects has been approved during FY 2019-20, 2020-21 2021-22 & 2022-23 (as on 9th March, 2023). The state-wise details of funds released during each of the last three years and the current year under the Scheme of Department of Commerce are given at Annexure.

(c) The PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan (NMP) has a digital component in the form of a GIS based platform which integrates the geospatial data related to the infrastructure in the country and planning portraits of various Ministries/Departments of the Government. All the infrastructure and economic Ministries/Departments at the Centre and also States/Union Territories have created their own customized planning portals which are integrated to PM Gati Shakti NMP. These digital systems help data-based decision-making for integrated planning of infrastructure projects and their synchronized implementation. More than 150 critical infrastructure gaps have been identified by  adopting  PM  Gati  Shakti  mechanism.  It  aims  at  reducing  logistics  cost  and  supporting economic activity in the country.

(d) & (e) Duty  Drawback  Scheme  rebates  the  incidence  of  Customs  duties  on  imported inputs and Central Excise duties on domestic inputs that are used in manufacture of export goods. The scheme is operated in terms of provisions of Customs Act, 1962, read with the Customs and Central Excise Duties Drawback Rules, 2017.  Duty drawback on export products ensures that exports remain competitive in the international market. The total EDI based Duty Drawback outgo for the last two years and current year is as follows:-

| Financial Year              |   Amount (in Rs. Crores)** |
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
| 2020-21                     |                      18128 |
| 2021-22                     |                      23920 |
| 2022-23(upto October, 2022) |                      17261 |

There is no provision on tax rebate on export under GST.  However, exporters are eligible to claim refund of either (i) tax paid on export of goods or services or both; or (ii) unutilized input tax credit in respect of goods or services or both exported without payment of tax. The amount of refund under GST provided to exporters on account of export of services with payment of IGST and export of goods and services without payment of IGST is as follows:

| Financial Year                |   Amount (in Rs. Crores)** |
|-------------------------------|----------------------------|
| 2019-20                       |                    31632.6 |
| 2020-21                       |                    52050.2 |
| 2021-22                       |                    66781.9 |
| 2022-23(upto 28 th Feb, 2023) |                    63417.6 |

Remission  of  Duties  &  Taxes  in  Export  Product  (RoDTEP)  Scheme:  RoDTEP  scheme  is commenced in 2021 and notified by Department of Commerce and administered by CBIC.  The scheme is Budget limited.  Budget allocated under the scheme is as follows:-

| Financial Year   |   Amount (in Rs. Crores)** |
|------------------|----------------------------|
| 2021-22          |                      12454 |
| 2022-23          |                      13699 |

Rebate of State and Central Taxes and Levies (RoSCTL) Scheme: RoSCTL Scheme is notified by Department of Commerce and administered by CBIC.  The Scheme is Budget limited.  Budget allocated under the scheme is as follows:-

| Financial Year   |   Amount (in Rs. Crores)** |
|------------------|----------------------------|
| 2021-22          |                       6946 |
| 2022-23          |                       7640 |

Source: **CBIC, Department of Revenue

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## ANNEXURE

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2319 FOR ANSWER ON 15.03.2023.

Details  of  projects  approved  &  fund  released  under  TIES  {FY  2019-20  to  FY  2022-23  (till 09.03.2023)}

|   Sl. No. | Name of State/UT   | Year    |   Number of New projects approved | TIES fund released (In Rs. Cr.)   |
|-----------|--------------------|---------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|         1 | Karnataka          | 2019-20 |                                 0 | 2.65*                             |
|         1 | Karnataka          | 2020-21 |                                 0 | 0                                 |
|         1 | Karnataka          | 2021-22 |                                 0 | 0.35*                             |
|         1 | Karnataka          | 2022-23 |                                 5 | 25.92                             |
|         1 | Karnataka          | Total   |                                 5 | 28.92                             |
|         2 | Kerala             | 2019-20 |                                 1 | 10                                |
|         2 | Kerala             | 2020-21 |                                 0 | 0                                 |
|         2 | Kerala             | 2021-22 |                                 1 | 18.09*                            |
|         2 | Kerala             | 2022-23 |                                 0 | 0                                 |
|         2 | Kerala             | Total   |                                 2 | 28.09                             |
|         3 | Manipur            | 2019-20 |                                 0 | 0                                 |
|         3 | Manipur            | 2020-21 |                                 0 | 5.63*                             |
|         3 | Manipur            | 2021-22 |                                 0 | 0                                 |
|         3 | Manipur            | 2022-23 |                                 0 | 0                                 |
|         3 | Manipur            | Total   |                                 0 | 5.63                              |
|         4 | Andhra Pradesh     | 2019-20 |                                 0 | 9.9856*                           |
|         4 | Andhra Pradesh     | 2020-21 |                                 2 | 13**                              |
|         4 | Andhra Pradesh     | 2021-22 |                                 0 | 0                                 |
|         4 | Andhra Pradesh     | 2022-23 |                                 1 | 1.40                              |
|         4 | Andhra Pradesh     | Total   |                                 3 | 24.3856                           |
|         5 | Tamil Nadu         | 2019-20 |                                 5 | 15.91*                            |
|         5 | Tamil Nadu         | 2020-21 |                                 1 | 14.4584*                          |
|         5 | Tamil Nadu         | 2021-22 |                                 4 | 22.94                             |
|         5 | Tamil Nadu         | 2022-23 |                                 3 | 28.16*                            |
|         5 | Tamil Nadu         | Total   |                                13 | 81.4684                           |
|         6 | Madhya Pradesh     | 2019-20 |                                 0 | 8.04*                             |
|         6 | Madhya Pradesh     | 2020-21 |                                 0 | 0                                 |
|         6 | Madhya Pradesh     | 2021-22 |                                 0 | 0                                 |
|         6 | Madhya Pradesh     | 2022-23 |                                 0 | 0                                 |
|         6 | Madhya Pradesh     | Total   |                                 0 | 8.04                              |
|         7 | Uttar Pradesh      | 2019-20 |                                 0 | 0.48                              |
|         7 | Uttar Pradesh      | 2020-21 |                                 0 | 0                                 |
|         7 | Uttar Pradesh      | 2021-22 |                                 0 | 0                                 |
|         7 | Uttar Pradesh      | 2022-23 |                                 1 | 2.74                              |
|         7 | Uttar Pradesh      | Total   |                                 1 | 3.22                              |

|   8 | Maharashtra      | 2019-20   |   0 | 1.52*   |
|-----|------------------|-----------|-----|---------|
|   8 | Maharashtra      | 2020-21   |   1 | 6.37^   |
|   8 | Maharashtra      | 2021-22   |   0 | 0       |
|   8 | Maharashtra      | 2022-23   |   0 | 0       |
|   8 | Maharashtra      | Total     |   1 | 7.89    |
|   9 | Tripura          | 2019-20   |   0 | 0       |
|   9 | Tripura          | 2020-21   |   2 | 2.58**  |
|   9 | Tripura          | 2021-22   |   0 | 0       |
|   9 | Tripura          | 2022-23   |   0 | 0       |
|   9 | Tripura          | Total     |   2 | 2.58    |
|  10 | West Bengal      | 2019-20   |   0 | 0       |
|  10 | West Bengal      | 2020-21   |   0 | 0       |
|  10 | West Bengal      | 2021-22   |   0 | 6.83*   |
|  10 | West Bengal      | 2022-23   |   0 | 0       |
|  10 | West Bengal      | Total     |   0 | 6.83    |
|  11 | Himachal Pradesh | 2019-20   |   0 | 0       |
|  11 | Himachal Pradesh | 2020-21   |   0 | 0       |
|  11 | Himachal Pradesh | 2021-22   |   1 | 10      |
|  11 | Himachal Pradesh | 2022-23   |   1 | 0       |
|  11 | Himachal Pradesh | Total     |   2 | 10      |
|  12 | Chandigarh       | 2019-20   |   0 | 0       |
|  12 | Chandigarh       | 2020-21   |   0 | 0       |
|  12 | Chandigarh       | 2021-22   |   0 | 2.82*   |
|  12 | Chandigarh       | 2022-23   |   0 | 0       |
|  12 | Chandigarh       | Total     |   0 | 2.82    |
|  13 | Assam            | 2019-20   |   2 | 5.7725  |
|  13 | Assam            | 2020-21   |   0 | 5.6875* |
|  13 | Assam            | 2021-22   |   0 | 3.96*   |
|  13 | Assam            | 2022-23   |   0 | 0       |
|  13 | Assam            | Total     |   2 | 15.42   |
|  14 | Punjab           | 2019-20   |   2 | 0       |
|  14 | Punjab           | 2020-21   |   0 | 5.77*   |
|  14 | Punjab           | 2021-22   |   1 | 10      |
|  14 | Punjab           | 2022-23   |   0 | 3.43    |
|  14 | Punjab           | Total     |   3 | 19.20   |
|  15 | Jharkhand        | 2019-20   |   1 | 9.80    |
|  15 | Jharkhand        | 2020-21   |   0 | 0       |
|  15 | Jharkhand        | 2021-22   |   0 | 0       |
|  15 | Jharkhand        | 2022-23   |   0 | 0       |
|  15 | Jharkhand        | Total     |   1 | 9.80    |
|  16 | Sikkim           | 2019-20   |   0 | 0       |
|  16 | Sikkim           | 2020-21   |   1 | 8.87    |
|  16 | Sikkim           | 2021-22   |   0 | 0       |
|  16 | Sikkim           | 2022-23   |   0 | 0       |
|  16 | Sikkim           | Total     |   1 | 8.87    |
|  17 | Haryana          | 2019-20   |   1 | 0       |
|  17 | Haryana          | 2020-21   |   0 | 6.06*   |
|  17 | Haryana          | 2021-22   |   0 | 0       |
|  17 | Haryana          | 2022-23   |   0 | 0       |
|  17 | Haryana          | Total     |   1 | 6.06    |

| 18   | Bihar     | 2019-20     |   0 |       0 |
|------|-----------|-------------|-----|---------|
|      |           | 2020-21     |   0 |   0     |
|      |           | 2021-22     |   0 |   0     |
|      |           | 2022-23     |   1 |   2.88  |
|      |           | Total       |   1 |   2.88  |
| 19   | Meghalaya | 2019-20     |   0 |   0     |
|      |           | 2020-21     |   0 |   0     |
|      |           | 2021-22     |   0 |   0     |
|      |           | 2022-23     |   1 |   2.41  |
|      |           | Total       |   1 |   2.41  |
| 20   | Rajasthan | 2019-20     |   0 |   0     |
|      |           | 2020-21     |   0 |   0     |
|      |           | 2021-22     |   0 |   0     |
|      |           | 2022-23     |   1 |   3.56  |
|      |           | Total       |   1 |   3.56  |
|      |           | Grant Total |  40 | 278.074 |

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