Developing Districts as Export Hubs

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....oost exports formulated by the Central Government can only be effectively implemented with the collaboration of State Governments and the District Administration. Earlier, export promotion was a subject, primarily dealt by only the Central government, without any active mechanism involving the State or District level stakeholders into the decision making to promote goods and services produced at the grassroots level. The export promotion activity needs to be decentralized, for both formulation and implementation purposes, with an objective to boost local production and make Districts active stakeholders in driving export of local products/services. 3.03 District Export Promotion Committees -Institutional Mechanism at District Level Ea....

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....levant stakeholders from the Center, State and the District level. The preliminary exercise may include an assessment of a district to identify the current export profile, its further potential in the district, quantifiable targets to increase export performance from the District. This involves identifying and promoting products, which are currently being exported from there, and also identifying and promoting new products in the district with untapped export potential. These efforts are to be taken forward through an institutional mechanism to undertake a baseline study across goods and services, to map current export activities and the future potential along with the infrastructure and other constraints and bottlenecks that would need ....

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....other departments. 8. Dissemination of information through trainings, seminars, guest lectures, practical training, and exchange visits with other Districts of excellence. 9. Act as one point facilitator for export promotion at District level. 10. Entry of all district level data/ information/progress into the portal being developed by DGFT and through the portal activate a virtual engagement/interaction forum for involving and reaching out to all stakeholders in the district, by enabling/facilitating them to come on board. 11. Act as a grievance redressal forum for exporters and follow up with the concerned Central and State agency. 12. Facilitate in organising buyer-seller meets, exhibitions, trade fairs etc.....

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....fying the bottlenecks faced by the Industry. 5. Identifying institutional responsibilities, specifics of policy, regulatory and operational reforms. 6. Identifying infrastructure/utilities/logistics/Policy interventions required. 7. Action Plan must identify quantifiable targets with specific timelines for their implementation. 8. Clear identification of incentives/Support provided by the State and Central Government. 9. Training and development needs for identified export products/services. 10. Analysis of the export data of the District and ways and means to effectively capture it. 11. Mid-term and long-term export strategy/suggestions to promote exports of identified products/services from the di....