The Uttar Pradesh government has formulated a comprehensive Uttar Pradesh Export Promotion Policy 2020-25. The policy was approved by the cabinet which met here on Tuesday.
This is the first time that such an elaborate export policy has been formulated by the UP government.
The key focus areas of the Uttar Pradesh Export Promotion Policy 2020-25 include handicrafts, agriculture and processed food products, engineering goods, handloom and textile, leather products, carpets and rugs, glass and ceramic products, wood products, sports goods, defence products, services sector, education , tourism, information technology and information technology enabled services (IT & ITES), medical value travels and logistics.
The new export policy will be implemented by the UP Export Promotion Bureau.
The Uttar Pradesh Export Promotion Policy 2020-25 will adopt all those components which were not covered by the Uttar Pradesh Agricultural Promotion Policy for the purpose of doubling the income of farmers and promoting exports from the agricultural sector.
As per the policy, a e-Haat portal will be developed for the sale and purchase of cattle. Provision of financial assistance has been made in the policy for the recruitment of specialised services by the exporting units related to food processing to ensure international quality.
The export policy also aims at availability of natural and human resources in the state and opportunities available in the international market, use of existing possibilities in the state, employment generation for youth, rapid growth in the direction of exports, export incentives, creation of incentive environment etc.
The aim of this policy is to promote development and competitiveness in the field of exports and to provide necessary export-related assistance and services to the export subsidiaries and establishments and development of technical and physical infrastructures to increase exports from the state.
Providing the necessary support for the development of the export potential of the country, identifying the opportunities available in the global market for products manufactured locally/indigenously in the country and encouraging capacity development by adopting best practices related to exports is another high point of this policy.
A detailed implementation strategy has been chalked out to achieve the objectives set out in the policy. It includes simplification of the export process under the implementation strategy, early disposal of export related forms of various departments of the state by reducing procedural formalities through a single window system and the role of coordinator by the Export Promotion Bureau in troubleshooting the problems of exporters, development and promotion of Make in UP and Make in India brands, cooperation in obtaining registrations of geographical indicators (GI) for exportable products.
Organising capacity development and training programmes of service providers, establishment of B2B exchanges so that medium and small entrepreneurs of the state are also able to take advantage of online trading facility, special provision to increase exports from service sector, exports and exporters in Uttar Pradesh strategies such as creation of an analytical database, organising ‘District Export Bandhu’ meeting every quarter are some other features of the export policy.
The expenditure on facilities and other ancillary activities provided to eligible units under the export policy 2020-25 will be kept within the limit of the amount provided in the budget. Development of infrastructure facilities to be developed in cluster based special economic zones in each district of the state will be funded with the provisioned funds for UP Export Infrastructure Development Scheme.
One of the pivotal aims of the Export Policy 2020-25 is doubling the income of farmers and also increasing exports from the agricultural sector. The UP government announced the Uttar Pradesh Agricultural Export Promotion Policy, 2019 with the objective of promoting agro-based exports and doubling the income of farmers.
