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India's Export Promotion Architecture

India's export strategy is managed through the Ministry of Commerce, supported by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) and a range of sector-specific export promotion councils (EPCs).

Key details

The Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) — renewed in 2023 for five years — provides the framework for export promotion schemes: Advance Authorisation, EPCG, Remission of Duties and Taxes on Exported Products (RoDTEP), and Export from India Schemes.
Production-Linked Incentive (PLI) schemes in 14 sectors (electronics, pharmaceuticals, textiles, food processing, etc.) are specifically designed to build export-oriented manufacturing scale, targeting $520 billion in output over five years.
The PM MITRA (Mega Integrated Textile Regions and Apparel) scheme aims to create world-class integrated textile parks to boost textile exports — directly relevant to the apparel sector's gain from the US deal.
India's merchandise export target: $1 trillion by 2030 (combined goods and services target: $2 trillion).

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