3.02 — Objective of policy

To convert each District of the country into an Export Hub by identifying products with export potential in the District, addressing bottlenecks for exporting these products, supporting local exporters/manufacturers to scale and find potential buyers outside India with the aim of promoting exports, manufacturing and services industry in the District. To enable a conducive foreign trade environment, any policy strategy to boost exports formulated by the Central Government can only be effectively implemented with the collaboration of State Governments and the District Administration. Earlier, export promotion was a subject, primarily dealt by only the Central government, without any active mechanism involving the State or District level stakeholders into the decision making to promote goods and services produced at the grassroots level. The export promotion activity needs to be decentralized, for both formulation and implementation purposes, with an objective to boost local production and make Districts active stakeholders in driving export of local products/services.