After the Centre's initiative for taking steps to promote exports, as many as 21 states have appointed export commissioners while 14 have framed strategies for outward shipments.
Seeking to involve states for promoting exports, the Commerce Ministry had asked them to appoint commissioners and prepare export strategy.“The ministry is taking steps to actively involve states role in increasing exports. In order to achieve the $900 bn exports target by 2019-20, we need to mainstream trade into states and states into trade,” a senior ministry official said.
The official said 21 states have intimated about appointment of export commissioners and 14, including MP and Gujarat, have sent their export strategies.
The commissioners would help in ensuring easing of bottlenecks and development of infrastructure through appropriate allocation of plan resources.
