District Export Plan (DEP)

News: The Ministry of Commerce and Industry through the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) has initiated a process to prepare and implement a District Export Plan (DEP).

Facts:

District Export Plan

• Will include the support required by the local industry in boosting their manufacturing and exports
• Will include strategy to enhance logistics and infrastructure at the district level and better utilization of the Market Access Initiative (MAI) Scheme for inviting foreign buyers
• The institutional structure set up at the district level for implementation of the District Export Plan will be headed by the Chief/ District Development Officer

Additional Information:

Market Access Initiative (MAI) scheme:

Objectives

• To promote India’s Export on a sustained basis;
• Focus Product-Focus country approach;
• To evolve a specific strategy for enhancement of export accessing new market or increasing share in existing market.

Nodal Agency: Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry

Directorate General of Foreign Trade

• It is an attached office of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry and is headed by the Director General of Foreign Trade.
• It is responsible for implementing the Foreign Trade Policy with the main objective of promoting India’s exports.