Effectiveness of Merchandise Export India Scheme (Meis) in Export Promotion: A Case of Select Registered Exporters from Noida, Delhi-NCR Region

A. V. Nageswara Rao*
School of Business Studies, Sharda University, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Periodicity:March - May'2019
DOI : https://doi.org/10.26634/jmgt.13.4.15818

Abstract

The present Foreign Trade policy (2015-2020) is formulated to facilitate Global trade and further ease the way of doing business. The prime objective of Foreign Trade policy (2015-2020) is to reach 3.5% in Global exports by 2020 with value of 900 Billion USD. As an initiative towards simplifying the export promotion, various schemes are replaced with comprehensive schemes such as Merchandise Export India Scheme (MEIS) and Service Export India Scheme (SEIS). The present article examines the role of MEIS in facilitating export promotion and trade facilitation in India's Global trade. Around Two hundred Registered Exporters in the Noida region, Delhi NCR were interviewed through a structured questionnaire on various export promotion initiatives in the Foreign Trade policy 2015-20. The respondent views through the filled in Questionnaires were analyzed with Statistical tools to examine the success of MEIS Scheme in export promotion with e-initiatives.

Keywords

Foreign Trade Policy (2015-20), MEIS Scheme, Export Promotion, Global Trade, E-initiatives.

How to Cite this Article?

Rao, A. V. N. (2019). Effectiveness of Merchandise Export India Scheme (Meis) in Export Promotion: A Case of Select Registered Exporters from Noida, Delhi-NCR Region. i-manager's Journal on Management, 13(4), 40-47. https://doi.org/10.26634/jmgt.13.4.15818

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