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Shri Piyush Goyal asks Service Sector to utilize the natural advantages and identify the areas of strength to become globally competitive

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..... Shri Piyush Goyal asks Service Sector to utilize the natural advantages and identify the areas of strength to become globally competitive - News and Press Release Dated:- 29-9-2022 - News - Shri Piyush Goyal asks Service Sector to utilize the natural advantages and identify the areas of strength to become globally competitive Service Sector exports performing as per its target, huge potentia .....

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..... l to do even better: Shri Piyush Goyal New Foreign Trade Policy to coincide with the coming financial year, was deferred on request of Export Promotion Councils and other stakeholders Government to break silos and work with all stakeholders, to play the role of a non-intrusive facilitator: Shri Piyush Goyal FTA negotiations focusing on getting greater market access for the services sector .....

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..... : Shri Piyush Goyal Minister asks services exporters to consider exploring untapped markets in South America and Africa Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and Textiles, Shri Piyush Goyal today complimented the service sector for its excellent performance in exports and asked all stakeholders to focus on the natural competitive advantages .....

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..... of our country. He was addressing the inaugural session of Services Export Promotion Councils s (SEPC) India@2047: Services Sector Exports Strategy Skilling And Internationalization Of Higher Education . Stressing upon the need for India to get out of the colonial mindset, as envisioned by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi in his Independence Day speech, Shri Goyal said that if the nation had .....

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..... to progress, it should leverage its capabilities and work with self-confidence. He stated unequivocally that subsidies make the industry uncompetitive and that the government s strategy on subsidies was focused on the poor and the needy. He urged SEPC to relentlessly pursue ambitious targets, and said that these targets not get affected by small subsidies and incentives. Citing the example .....

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..... of India s LED lighting revolution, Shri Goyal said that the foremost step that ensured the success of the initiative was removal of subsidies. He further elaborated on how the government used economies of scale and shored up the demand for LED bulb, ultimately bringing down prices drastically and improving quality substantially. Shri Goyal asked the service sector to focus on innovation and on b .....

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..... uilding competitive advantages. He said that we must move beyond the traditional and be modern, contemporary and practical in our outlook. Speaking of the Foreign Trade Policy, the release of which has been deferred, the Minister said that Export Promotion Councils wanted the Foreign Trade Policy to be aligned with the next Financial Year. He added that they wanted more time to make presentati .....

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..... ons for inclusion of certain aspects in the new policy for consideration of the government. The government wants to break silos and work with EPCs and all other stakeholders and play the role of a non-intrusive facilitator, Shri Goyal said. He said the services sector had set an export target of $350 billion, which it was on track to achieve.He also urged the EPCs to consider exploring new markets .....

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..... such as South America and Africa. Speaking of India s burgeoning education sector, Shri Goyal observed that the New Education Policy, the result of five years of consultations, had opened up the sector to wider engagement with the world. He said that top educational institutions across the world were very keen to collaborate with eminent Indian universities, host campuses of Indian universitie .....

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..... s abroad and engage in student exchange programs. Referring to PM Modi s instructions to Indian Missions across the world during which he stressed on 3 Ts- Trade, Tourism and Technology, Shri Goyal said that dedicated efforts were underway both within and outside India, efforts which ensured record exports from India in the previous year. The Minister said India had skills, talent and knowledg .....

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..... e that no other country has, and the high quality of our education is now globally recognized. He added that Indian technocrats were spearheading innovation, venture capital, startups and investment in several developed nations across the world. Alluding to the future potential of the knowledge economy of which internet of things, big data, data mining etc are a part, he expressed confidence that .....

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..... India s capability in the knowledge economy was unparalleled. The Minister said that the government was responsive to the requests of all stakeholders in the services sector and in all our FTA negotiations we have been focusing on getting greater market access to the service sector. Referring to prevailing global headwinds, the Minister said that India had always been resilient enough to withs .....

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..... tand adversity and emerge successful. - News - Press release - PIB Tax Management India - taxmanagementindia - taxmanagement - taxmanagementindia.com - TMI - TaxTMI - TMITax .....

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