formulation of strategies for promoting indian goods : working groups - fact sheet

Thursday, August 25, 2005

Fact Sheet

At the meeting of Board of Trade on 17th June, 2005, it has been decided to set up 5 Working Groups and 4 Special Study Groups on specified areas of Indian exports.

The Working Groups are: (1) Working Group on “Evaluation of Different Export Promotion Schemes; (2) Working Group on “Trade Facilitation”; (3) Working Group on “Manufacturing Sector”; (4) Working Group on “Identifying specific sectors and strategies having comparative advantage; and (5) Working Group on “SEZs and EOUs”.

The four Special Study Groups are: (a) Sectoral study on Textiles; (b) Sectoral study on Pharmaceuticals; (c) Sectoral study on Chemicals & allied sectors; and (d) Impacting of Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs)/ Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) on Indian industry/exports.

These groups have been set up to help achieve the desired objective of boosting India’s exports. The details of their main objectives and terms of reference are available at the DGFT website at: http://nic.in.eximpol

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