Pushing exports may've caught PM's attention

In his I-Day speech, the Prime Minister suggested that farmers should be exporters and that each of our districts must become an export hub for its specialty

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TNC Rajagopalan

3 min read Last Updated : Dec 04 2019 | 8:44 PM IST

Need for boosting exports has hopefully caught the attention of the Prime Minister. He dealt with it in a question-answer published in The Economic Times newspaper and also in his Independence Day address to the nation.

Some of the quotes from his answer to a question of boosting exports included, ‘exports form an integral part of our growth model’, ‘part of our vision to double farmer income by 2022 is driven by a focus on increasing exports’ and ‘we are not looking to boost exports by incentives only, we also want to improve the competitiveness of our exporters’. He followed

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Topics : Narendra Modi Indian exports Export Commerce ministry Exports Export growth export norms Indian export

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