<h1>India Targets Doubling Exports to $500 Billion by 2014 with Focus on High-Tech and High-Employment Sectors.</h1> The Government of India aims to double merchandise exports from $246 billion in 2010-11 to $500 billion by 2013-14, requiring a 26.7% annual growth. The strategy focuses on strengthening sectors like engineering goods, pharmaceuticals, and electronics, promoting high-value light manufacturing exports, and encouraging high-employment sectors such as gems, jewelry, and agriculture. The market strategy targets Asia, Africa, and Latin America, while maintaining developed market shares. Emphasis is placed on high-tech exports, brand image building, and policy support, including stable policies, preferential market access, reduced transaction costs, and improved trade infrastructure.