Standards mulled for education export, tourism, health care

An inter-ministerial panel has been discussing setting standards, said government official

An inter-ministerial panel has been discussing setting standards for education services export, health-care and tourism with Bureau of Indian Standards, a government official said. "The government is looking at the Thai model of low-cost tourism," the official added. The services sector has grown rapidly over the past decade and accounted for 66.1 per cent of growth in gross value added (GVA) growth in 2015-16. 

The sector is also an important net foreign exchange earner and the most attractive sector for foreign direct investment inflows. 

However, a push to incorporate global standards have met with mixed reactions from the domestic industry, where players