Digitization of SEZ processes expands mandatory online filing, streamlines approvals and standardises procedural compliance for developers and units.
Administrative reforms in Special Economic Zones establish a monitored service delivery framework with prescribed timelines and introduce digitisation to transition applications to mandatory online filing, while procedural standardisation harmonises forms and practices-covering goods utilisation, material approvals, LoA renewal information, lease deed formats and simplified annual reporting-and a revised grievance redressal and monitoring mechanism has been implemented for developers and units.

Ease of Doing Business reforms streamline licences and online clearances, but ranking improvement remains uncertain due to comparative reforms.
Measures streamline regulatory requirements by delicensing defence and dual use items, enabling online applications for industrial licences, environmental and forest clearances and labour registrations, and extending validity of industrial licences and security clearances to reduce procedural friction and compliance costs; however, improvement in international business ease rankings is uncertain because it depends on comparative reforms by other countries, and export import documentation, time and cost remain impediments to trade facilitation.

Infrastructure Upgradation Scheme supports park level modernization through central grants and SIA contributions under PPP.
The Modified Industrial Infrastructure Upgradation Scheme (MIIUS) funds upgrading of infrastructure in existing industrial parks and selected greenfield projects via State Implementing Agencies, with central grants subject to prescribed ceilings and required minimum SIA contributions; North Eastern States receive enhanced central support and reduced SIA contribution. Assistance is provided for integrated park level infrastructure under PPP and is not given component wise to individual industrial units.

National Investment and Manufacturing Zones confer NIMZ benefits to industrial parks and embed SEZ fiscal concessions to boost manufacturing.
The Government advances the National Manufacturing Policy by creating National Investment and Manufacturing Zones (NIMZs) as greenfield industrial townships; fiscal concessions and duty benefits from the SEZ framework are embedded in the SEZ Act and Rules, and industrial parks located within NIMZs are eligible for the benefits applicable to NIMZs.

Export growth target drives product promotion and market diversification, focusing on high value manufacturing and new markets.
The policy sets an ambitious export growth target supported by an export promotion strategy prioritising product promotion, market retention, movement up the value chain in developed markets, brand building and quality upgradation. Focus sectors include pharmaceuticals, electronics, automobiles, software based engineering, environmental products, and high value addition segments in leather, gems & jewellery and textiles. Geographic emphasis is on Asia (including ASEAN), Africa and Latin America while consolidating traditional markets, with top export items and destinations identified to guide promotion.

Free trade agreements expand bilateral and regional market access while complementing multilateral trade liberalisation under WTO frameworks.
Free trade agreements, preferential trade agreements and limited preferential arrangements entered into by India set reciprocal tariff and market-access arrangements with bilateral, plurilateral and regional partners and are catalogued with signing and implementation dates. The document lists bilateral treaties, region-wide pacts and comprehensive economic cooperation agreements, identifies separate preferential arrangements with margins of preference, and records ongoing negotiations to expand FTAs and PTAs; it states these arrangements complement multilateral trade liberalisation under the WTO.

Foreign trade policy to address exporter slowdown by diversifying markets and promoting FDI driven value chain upgrading.
The policy will address exporter slowdown by promoting market diversification to Africa, Southeast Asia and CIS, encouraging FDI driven value chain movement and technology transfer, and using export promotion platforms to connect Indian engineering firms with global companies; the EEPC KPMG paper urges attraction of large innovation oriented firms, clearer environmental clearances, tax incentives for expatriates, and measures to upgrade skills, technology intensity, logistics and access to raw materials to raise engineering export performance.

Job creation in services and manufacturing urged to absorb under employed agricultural workers, with focus on export sectors and skills.
Priority is placed on creating employment in services and manufacturing to absorb under employed agricultural workers, with government efforts to raise manufacturing's GDP share and use services exports to offset merchandise trade deficits. Key exportable service sectors identified include pharmaceuticals with R&D capacity, tourism and hospitality supported by travel and visa facilitation, entertainment, and education. A two day Services Conclave with eleven plenary sessions will gather inputs to inform policy measures for harnessing services sector potential for export growth and job creation.

Indirect tax revenue growth registers year-on-year increase with service tax and customs up, excise subdued.
Indirect tax revenue collections for April-October 2014 increased 5.6% year on year to 285,126 crores, achieving 45.7% of the BE. Service tax rose 10.9% (42.0% of BE), customs rose 7.5% (52.6% of BE), while central excise declined 1.2% (43.0% of BE). Central excise figures exclude cesses administered by other departments.

Services export policy: diversify beyond IT to creative and professional sectors while aligning trade rules and market access.
Expansion of services export paradigms targets diversification beyond IT/ITES into sectors like education, health tourism, creative entertainment, animation, gaming and design, with a roadmap of short-, medium- and long-term measures to boost services receipts and narrow the merchandise-services export gap. The Conclave emphasises stakeholder-driven plenaries to generate practical policy recommendations, while linking export acceleration to mastery of multilateral negotiations, regional trade agreements, international services standards, visa regimes and logistics services.

Trade facilitation via around-the-clock clearances and a customs single window to cut compliance costs and duplication.
Initiatives emphasize trade facilitation through around-the-clock customs clearances for specified consignments, implementation of a Customs Single Window to integrate regulatory agency clearances electronically, and reliance on complementary mechanisms-Authorised Economic Operator scheme, Advance Cargo Processing, Self Assessment, and Risk Management-to reduce compliance costs and expedite trade.