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New Schemes To Promote Export Performance

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF  COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY

RAJYA SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-3571

ANSWERED ON-09.05.2012

a) whether Government has introduced new schemes to promote export performance during the last three years;

b) if so, the details thereof;

c) whether there is any monitoring mechanism in place to evaluate the performance of these schemes; and

d) the details of expenditure incurred during the last three years for export promotion schemes and objectives achieved so far?

ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
(SHRI JYOTIRADITYA M. SCINDIA)

(a) & (b) The following new incentive schemes were introduced for promoting exports during the last three years:

• Status Holders Incentive Scheme was announced in August, 2009 with an objective to promote investment in upgradation of technology of certain sectors. Duty Credit Scrips for Status Holders @ 1% of FOB value of exports is granted under this scheme.

• Special Bonus Benefit Scheme was introduced in October, 2011 to provide special assistance to specified sectors in Engineering, Chemicals and Pharmaceutical for 6 months. The scheme covered 49 products for benefit @ 1% of FOB value of exports and has sunset on 31.3.2012.

• Special Focus Market Scheme was introduced with a view to increase the competitiveness of exports with a geographical targeting. The scheme provides additional 1 % duty credit when exports are made to 41 countries. This duty credit is over and above the 3% duty credit granted under Focus Market Scheme.

(c) & (d) A Monitoring Committee consisting of representatives of Directorate General of Foreign Trade and the Department of Revenue monitors the financial outgo under the schemes. An amount of Rs. 1350 crores has been provided as additional allocation for each of last three years 2009-10, 2010-11 and 2011-12 for expansion and deepening of items under Chapter 3 schemes of the Foreign Trade Policy 2009-14.

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Village Energy Security Projects

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF  NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

RAJYA SABHA

QUESTION NO  96

ANSWERED ON  28.11.2011

Will the Minister of NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY be pleased to satate :-
(a) whether Government has identified villages/ hamlets for test projects on village energy security throughout the country;

(b) if so, the details thereof, state-wise; and

(c) the details of the test projects undertaken in unelectrified remote villages and hamlets, during the last three years?
   
ANSWER
     
THE MINISTER OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
(DR. FAROOQ ABDULLAH)

(a), (b)&(c): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

Statement
Statement in reply to parts (a), (b) & (c) of Rajya Sabha Starred Question No. 96 for 28.11.2011

(a)&(b): Yes Sir. The Ministry has identified 79 villages/ hamlets for implementation of test projects in 10 States of the country. The State-wise number of test projects identified/ under implementation, are given at Annexure - I.

(c): During the last three years, 20 test projects, of which 17 test projects during 2008-09 and 03 test projects during 2009-10 were undertaken in un-electrified remote villages and hamlets by the Ministry. The location-wise list of test projects under taken in un-electrified remote villages and hamlets is given at Annexure – II. During 2010-11, no test projects have been undertaken, as in the Mid-Term Appraisal of the 11th Five Year Plan carried out by the Planning Commission in September, 2009, ‘it was decided to concentrate on consolidating the projects already taken up for implementation’. It was also decided that no new test projects will be supported.

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