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Commerce Ministry has asked exporters to 'keep their fingers crossed' on their demand for extension of the DEPB, a tax neutralisation scheme on exports, beyond June 30. With the Revenue Department making it clear that the window of the Duty Entitlement Pass Book (DEPB) would close from June end, the exporters are lobbying hard with both the Commerce and Finance ministries for continuation of the sops. Full Article

Making out a case for extension of the popular incentive scheme - DEPB - for Indian exporters, Commerce Minister Anand Sharma today said he will take up the issue with Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on his return to New Delhi. I am one who is not subscribing to this view that our exports have reached a stage where we can do away with some of the incentives...I am going to discuss DEPB and interest rates with the Finance Minister. Full Article

The Commerce Ministry will push for stepping up benefits for exporters under different market-linked schemes in lieu of the popular DEPB, which is scheduled to end on June 30. The case will be taken up with the Finance Ministry which has refused to give any more extension to the Duty Entitlement Pass Book (DEPB) scheme. Full Article

The country's exports went up by 37.55 per cent to USD 245.86 billion during FY2010-11, demonstrating robust demand for Indian merchandise not just in Western economies, but in new markets like Latin America and Africa as well. Full Article

The government has proposed to amend the Patent Rules and make e-filing of applications compulsory in order to bring clarity and efficiency. The commerce ministry's Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIPP) has come out with a draft and aske Full Article

India’s exports during November, 2010 were valued at US $ 18895 million (Rs. 85063 crore) which was 26.5 per cent higher in Dollar terms (22.3 per cent higher in Rupee terms) than the level of US $ 14933 million (Rs.69537 crore) during November, 2009 Full Article

Parliament's Standing Committee on Finance has criticised the government for not doing a review of the tax exemptions given to Special Economic Zones (SEZs) and an evalutation of the losses due to these. In April, the committee had asked the governme Full Article

The Commerce Ministry today said it will set up a committee to recast the export-oriented unit scheme so that the scheme remain attractive even after the end of tax sops in 2011. "EOUs should be re-modeled because challenges and environment have cha Full Article