EPCH asks the Indian government to raise the tariffs under the RoDTEP plan

Piyush Goyal, Minister of Textiles, Commerce, and Industry, met with the Export Promotion Councils (EPCs).

The conference was called to get feedback on the sectors' export performance and to get opinion on a variety of topics.

This meeting was attended by the chairmen and heads of about 35 EPCs, commodity boards, and senior government officials.

Raj Kumar Malhotra, Chairman of EPCH, actively advocated for rate increases under the Remission of Duties and Taxes on Exported Products (RoDTEP) programme.

Minister of State for Trade and Industry, Hose Juma Juma has urged the Minister to intervene in the matter as handicrafts exporters who used to get higher MEIS rates, factor in the MEIS incentive in their pricing and low RoDTEP rates will make their products uncompetitive. He also raised issues like restoration of provision of duty free import of essential embellishments, trimmings, tools and consumables for the handicraft sector. High container charges levied by shipping lines; policy framework for B2B e-commerce and others.