Sounding an alarm bell, President Pranab Mukherjee has said that falling exports is an area of concern despite a healthy current account situation, as it impacts economic performance, industrial growth and employment opportunities. He pointed out that India’s exports of goods have been continuously declining since December 2014, although services exports fared slightly better.
President further said that with global trade expected to remain sluggish in 2016-17 as well, all efforts need to be made to retain the country’s share in the world market, and then make it grow. He added that Indian policy makers and industry need to be innovative to capture global markets, with customised products and aggressive marketing backed by quality control and high standards.
Mukherjee also said that while the export sector remained bleak, some comfort was brought about by falling global commodity prices, which led to a dwindling import bill and a healthy current account deficit of 1.4 per cent of the GDP in first three quarters of 2015-16.
The President said that India need to focus on other important drivers of growth as well such as infrastructure, human capital, simplification of rules and procedures and improved access to finance. India’s exports have fallen for two consecutive years with a decline of 15.85 per cent in 2015-16 to $261.13 billion compared to exports of $310 billion in 2014-15 and worth $314 billion the year before.
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