Interest rate subsidy for exporters rises to 3%

01 Aug 2013 Evaluate

In a move to enhance the country’s exports, the government has decided to raise the rate of interest subsidy for exporters to 3% and widened the coverage of the scheme to cover more sectors. Presently, the interest subvention, a kind of interest subsidy where the a fixed percent of interest on loan taken is waived off, is at 2 % for exporters. 

Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma said that the government is considering various schemes for developing export infrastructure including raising plan allocation for market access initiative (MAI), market development assistance and central assistance to states and other allied activities schemes. By adding further he said that the government is making available the required resources to clear all claims of the exporters and the provisions are being made to ensure that these exporters’ claims are settled forthwith. 

Commerce Minister has also called a meeting of Board of Trade (BoT) on August 27 to consider more steps to give a boost to exports which is facing the brunt of global slowdown. India's merchandise export declined at accelerated pace of 4.6% to $23.79 billion in June 2013, after 1.1% fall recorded in May 2013. However, the merchandise imports also declined 0.4% to $36.04 billion in June 2013, snapping the surge of last two-months. The decline in imports helped trade deficit to narrow to $12.25 billion in June 2013 from $20.14 billion in May 2013.

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