Govt will soon announce incentives for exporters: Sharma

19 Dec 2012 Evaluate

With the government firmly committed to the reforms agenda, it is expected that the government will soon announce incentives for exporters to cushion the decline in exports due to contracting demand from abroad. While addressing the 2nd India-Asean Business Fair and Business Conclave, on the sidelines Commerce Minister Anand Sharma said ‘we have had intense scrutiny, and we have looked at the sectors that are weak, also the regions in the world where the demand has contracted ... and whatever possible, given the constraint of resources, we are seriously considering (incentives). We shall take a final view very shortly.’

As per the minister, there are two reasons for concerns, first the contraction of demand in some of the major markets globally, as a result of which exports have fallen and have impacted the industrial productivity and second the trade account deficit. He added that the commerce ministry is doing everything to push the exports and to keep the trade account deficit within manageable limits. By adding further he said additional sectors may be brought under the interest subvention scheme of 2 per cent for exporters.

In April-November period of this year, exports registered a fall of 5 per cent to $189.2 billion and trade deficit rose to $129.5 billion from $122.6 billion reported in the same period of last financial year. Till now, Indian’s trade data of current fiscal has dashed the optimism of the commerce department that the trade deficit would be lower in this financial year against the $185 billion in previous fiscal.

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