Concerned over continued decline in exports, the Commerce and Industry Minister will hold a meeting with representatives of states and the industry on January 8, to discuss ways to promote India’s exports. In the meeting the Centre and state governments will deliberate on the relevant infrastructure to promote trade and identify impediments that are affecting exports. The meeting is scheduled as part of the first meeting of the Council for Trade Development and Promotion, chaired by Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. The council was formed last year with an aim to involve states in boosting trade.
The council provides a platform to state governments and UTs for articulating their perspective on trade policy to help them develop and pursue export strategies in line with national foreign trade policy. The other members of the council include Chairman Railway Board, Niti Aayog Secretary and CEO, Director General of Foreign Trade, Director General of FIEO, representati ves of CII and FICCI and concerned Joint Secretary of Department of Commerce. Federation of India Export Organisation (FIEO) which will also participate the meeting has said that it will raise issues related to tax refund in states as large amount of refund is pending with states. Filing of tax is online but refund is not online which are impacting exports. Further, the other issues which will come up include demand for inclusion of certain taxes like entry tax and electricity tax in the GST.
Contracting for the twelve month in a row, India’s exports plunged 24 percent in November to $20 million. The significant fall in exports is attributed to weak global demand, amid a tepid global economic recovery. During April-November this fiscal, the exports contracted by 18.46 per cent year-on-year to $ 174.3 billion.
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