Lok Sabha Question No. 2025 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-07-31
Subject: Assistance Centre for Promotion of Export
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: RAVINDRA KUMAR PANDEY

**GOVERNMENT OF INDIA**

MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY

(DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE)

## LOK SABHA

**UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2025**

**TO BE ANSWERED ON 31** **ST** **JULY 2015**

**ASSISTANCE CENTRE FOR PROMOTION OF EXPORT**

**2025(H). SHRI RAVINDRA KUMAR PANDEY:**

Will the Minister of **COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (´ÉÉÉÊhÉVªÉ A´ÉÆ =tÉÉäMÉ àÉÆjÉÉÒ)** be pleased to state:

- 1.1. whether the Government has established any assistance centre for promotion of exports, giving information regarding export related rules to farmers of the country, and for making farmers and small entrepreneurs of every State aware of export related rules; and
- 1.2. if so, the details thereof indicating such centres established by the Government during last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise?

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### ANSWER

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(a)&(b)	Yes, Madam.  Through 37 regional offices spread across different parts of the country, DGFT is implementing “Niryat Bandhu Scheme” for mentoring /handholding of new and prospective exporters/ entrepreneurs on various aspects of export. These benefits could be availed by any intending farmer exporter or small entrepreneurs. List of DGFT regional offices is given as annexure I.  In addition, Agriculture and Process Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) also facilitates agricultural exports through a combination of measures:-

9. Through its 5 regional offices and 13 (virtual offices) offices run in collaboration with State Government agencies).  APEDA has been making continuous efforts at reaching out to exporters, farmer exporters and State Government extensive machineries to disseminate information relating to agricultural exports.  List of APEDA offices is given as annexure II.

(ii)   Through its ‘Agriculture Export Promotion Plan Scheme,’ APEDA has been	   trying to intensify exports of agricultural products.

(iii) By creating an Agri Exchange portal available in the public domain information 	  relating to product-wise, country-wise export performance, Sanitary & Phyto-sanitary (SPS) and non-tariff barriers for export of different agricultural products, tariff details etc. are provided for readymade availability of intending exporter.  Agri Exchange portal also provides step by step details

of export   requirements such as pre-shipment process, quality and hygiene, packaging, labeling, warehousing and cold storage facilities,  export documentation  process etc. Further details of scheme and facilities provided by APEDA is available in the website **www.apeda.gov.in** .

(iv)	APEDA also organizes various training programmes for farmers such as pre and post harvest training /seminar etc for products such as basmati rice, organic products, fresh fruits and vegetables etc. For strengthening of backward linkages for export oriented production of fruits and vegetables, interactive workshops etc. are also organized.

(v)	Apart from APEDA, other organizations like Tea Board and Coffee Board are promoting schemes for plantation/ re-plantation of tea and coffee. Tea Board has a scheme approved under the 12 th plan for small Tea growers. Further details of the scheme for small farmers is available in the website www. teaboard.gov.in.

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**ANNEXURE I**

**LIST OF REGIONAL OFFICES (REGIONAL AUTHORITIES) OF DGFT**

|   S. No | Location of Regional  Authority (regional office)   | State           |
|---------|-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------|
|       1 | Ahmedabad                                           | Gujarat         |
|       2 | Amritsar                                            | Punjab          |
|       3 | Bengaluru                                           | Karnataka       |
|       4 | Bhopal                                              | Madhya Pradesh  |
|       5 | Chandigarh                                          | Haryana         |
|       6 | Chennai                                             | Tamil Nadu      |
|       7 | Delhi                                               | Delhi           |
|       8 | Cochin                                              | Kerala          |
|       9 | Coimbatore                                          | Tamil Nadu      |
|      10 | Cuttack                                             | Orissa          |
|      11 | Dehradun                                            | Uttarakhand     |
|      12 | Goa                                                 | Goa             |
|      13 | Guwahati                                            | Assam           |
|      14 | Hyderabad                                           | Telengana       |
|      15 | Jaipur                                              | Rajasthan       |
|      16 | Jammu                                               | Jammu & Kashmir |
|      17 | Kanpur                                              | Uttar Pradesh   |
|      18 | Kolkata                                             | West Bengal     |
|      19 | Ludhiana                                            | Punjab          |
|      20 | Mumbai                                              | Maharashtra     |
|      21 | Madurai                                             | Tamil Nadu      |
|      22 | Moradabad                                           | Uttar Pradesh   |
|      23 | Nagpur                                              | Maharashtra     |
|      24 | Panipat                                             | Haryana         |
|      25 | Patna                                               | Bihar           |
|      26 | Puducherry                                          | Puducherry      |
|      27 | Pune                                                | Maharashtra     |
|      28 | Raipur                                              | Chhattisgarh    |
|      29 | Rajkot                                              | Gujarat         |
|      30 | Shillong                                            | Meghalaya       |
|      31 | Srinagar                                            | Jammu & Kashmir |
|      32 | Surat                                               | Gujarat         |
|      33 | Trivandrum                                          | Kerala          |
|      34 | Vadodara                                            | Gujarat         |
|      35 | Varanasi                                            | Uttar Pradesh   |
|      36 | Vishakhapatnam                                      | Andhra Pradesh  |
|     37. | Vijayawada                                          | Andhra Pradesh  |

**ANNEXURE II**

**APEDA HEADQUARTERS**

| NCUI Building 3, Siri Institutional Area, August Kranti Marg,  New Delhi - 110 016, India Phone : 91-11-26513204, 26513219, 26514572, 26526196 / 98, 26534186, 26534870, 26850301 Fax : 91-11-26526187  **APEDA REGIONAL OFFICES**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |    |
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| MUMBAI Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority  4th Floor, Unit No. 3 & 4 , Banking Complex Bldg. No.II, Sector 19/A, Vashi New Mumbai-400 705 MUMBAI Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority  4th Floor, Unit No. 3 & 4 , Banking Complex Bldg. No.II, Sector 19/A, Vashi New Mumbai-400 705 HYDERABAD Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority 8th Floor, Chandra Vihar Building, M.J.Road, Hyderabad-500001 KOLKATA Agricultural and Processed Food  Products Export Development Authority  Mayukh Bhavan, Bidhan Nagar,  Kolkata-700 091 BANGALORE Agricultural and Processed Food  Products Export Development Authority  12/1/1 , Palace Cross Road,  Bangalore-560 020  BANGALORE Agricultural and Processed Food  Products Export Development Authority  12/1/1 , Palace Cross Road,  Bangalore-560 020  GUWAHATI Agricultural and Processed Food  Products Export Development Authority  3rd Floor G.S. Road, Opp. Old Post Office Jain Complex, Guwahati-781005                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |    |
| **LIST OF APEDA VIRTUAL OFFICES**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |    |
| CHHATTISGARH Chattisgarh State Industrial Development Corp.Ltd  LIC Campus, Pandri, Raipur- 492 004  Tel : +91- 0171- 2583789 / 90 Fax : +91- 0171- 2583794  E-Mail : csidc[AT]nic[DOT]in    PUNJAB Punjab Agro Industries Corp. 2-A, Sector 28-A, Madhya Marg, Chandigarh, Punjab- 160 002  Tel : +91- 0172-2651622 /6241 Fax : +91- 0172-2657398 /1516  E-Mail : pbagro[AT]chl[DOT]vsnl[DOT]net[DOT]in GUJARAT   Gujarat Agro Industries Corporation Ltd. KHET - UDYOG BHAVAN, NR OLD HIGH COURT, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad , Gujarat- 380 014  Tel No. : +91- 079- 27544921, 26442741 Fax No.: +91- 079-27541176 JAMMU & KASHMIR   J&K State Industrial Development Corp. Ltd. Sher-I-Kashmir Bhawan, Vir Marg, Jammu – 180 001, Jammu & Kashmir Tel : +91- 0194-2434402    Fax: +91- 0194-2430036 KERALA  Kerala State Industrial Enterprise Ltd. St.Joseph's Press Building, Cotton Hill, Thiruvananthapuram – 605 014  Kerala Tel : +91- 0471-2326913, 2324159, 2326947 Fax : +91- 0471-2334590 E-mail : ksiel[AT]md2[DOT]vsnl[DOT]net[DOT]in MADHYA PRADESH  The Madhya Pradesh State Agro Industries Dev. Corp. Ltd. Panchanan (3rd floor) Malviya Nagar Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh  Tel : +91- 0755-2555074 /1967 /1756 Fax : +91- 0755-2557305 E-mail : mpsaidc[AT]sancharnet[DOT]in MANIPUR   Directorate of Commerce & Industries, Imphal, lamphelpat – 795 004, Manipur Tel : +91- 0385- 2410481  E-mail :foodjoyapeda[AT]yahoo[DOT]com  NAGALAND   Director of Horticulture Govt. of Nagaland Kohima – 797 001 Tel/fax : +91- 0370-221311 ORISSA   The Agriculture Promotion and Investment Corp. of Orissa Ltd. 326, Baramunda, Bhubaneshwar – 751 003, Orissa Tel : +91- 0674-561203, 561874  Fax : +91- 0674-2563306 E-mail : apicol[AT]dte[DOT]vsnl[DOT]net[DOT]in TAMIL NADU   Agricultural Marketing & Agri Business  Govt. of Tamil Nadu Commissionerate of Agricultural, Marketing & Agri Business Cipet Road, Industrial Estate Guindy, Chennai - 600 032 Tel : +91- 044-22347484 Fax : +91- 044-24464959 Email :agrimarkbusiness[AT]rediffmail[DOT]com TRIPURA  Deptt. Of Industries & Commerce Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru Complex Agartala, Tripura  Tel : +91- 0381-2306423 Fax : +91- 0381-2324432 UTTAR PRADESH  U.P. State Horticultural Co-operative Marketing Federation, 18-B, Ashok Marg,  Lucknow,U.P.  Tel. +91- 0522-2391235 Telefax : +91- 0522-2391858 E-mail : apedaup[AT]lwl[DOT]vsnl[DOT]net[DOT]in |    |

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