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The new 5-year Export and Import
for the period 1997-2002 aims at giving a major thrust to acceleration
of India's exportsthrough restructuring and revamping of various export
promotion schemes and wide ranging measures for simplification and
streamling of procedures with a view to making them more transparent and
easy to administer.
The policy aims at consolidating the achievement made possible during
the preceeding 5-year Exim Policy for 1992-97, while continuing the
process of trade reforms and trade liberlisation with a view to
achieving higher rate of export growth. The new Exim Policy focused on
the need to allow exporters to concentrate on the manufacture and
marketing of their products globally in an environment unhindered by
discreationary controls and procedural bottlenecks. The policy aims at
enabling the industry to enhance its competitiveness in the global
markets and to achieve its full potential in the areas of its strength.
Its objectives are : Accelerating the country's
transition to a globally oriented vibrant economy in order to derive
maximum benefits from expanding global market opportunities, Stimulating
sustained economic growth by providing access to essential Raw
Materials, Intermediates, Components, Consumables and Capital Goods,
derived from augmenting production, Enhancing the technological strength
and efficiency of Indian agriculture, industry and services, thereby
improving their competitiveness while generating new employment
opportunities.
Encouraging the attainment of internationally accepted standards of
quality and providing consumers with good quality products at reasonable
prices.
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