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The authorities connected Friday (February 20, 2026) announced 7 measures, including recognition assistance for e-commerce exporters and enactment for alternate commercialized instruments, with an purpose to beforehand the country's outbound shipments.
These measures are portion of the ₹25,060-crore export promotion mission. Out of 10 components of the mission, 3 person already been rolled retired successful January.
To enactment exporters utilizing integer channels, the commerce ministry announced recognition facilities with involvement subvention and partial recognition guarantees.
The volition supply enactment up to ₹50 lakh with 90% warrant coverage.
The Overseas Inventory Credit Facility volition widen enactment up to ₹5 crore with 75% warrant coverage, and an involvement subvention of 2.75% volition beryllium available, taxable to an yearly ceiling of ₹15 lakh per applicant, the commerce ministry said.
To beforehand export factoring arsenic an affordable moving superior solution for MSMEs, an involvement subvention of 2.75% volition beryllium provided connected the factoring outgo for eligible transactions undertaken done RBI/IFSCA-recognised entities.
Assistance is capped astatine ₹50 lakh per MSME annually and volition beryllium processed done a integer assertion mechanics to guarantee transparency and timely disbursal.
To enactment emerging export opportunities, the ministry said this involution enables exporters to entree caller oregon high-risk markets done shared-risk and recognition enhancement instruments specified arsenic Letters of Credit confirmation and negotiation.
For Trade Regulations, Accreditation and Compliance Enablement (TRACE), enactment volition beryllium extended to exporters successful gathering planetary testing, inspections, certifications and different conformity requirements.
Under this, partial reimbursement of 60% nether the Positive List and 75% nether the Priority Positive List volition beryllium provided for eligible testing, inspection and certification expenses, taxable to an yearly ceiling of ₹25 lakh per IEC (import export code).
Facilitating Logistics, Overseas Warehousing and Fulfilment (FLOW) volition alteration exporters to entree overseas warehousing and fulfilment infrastructure, including E-Commerce Export Hubs integrated with planetary organisation networks, it said.
Under this, an assistance of up to 30% of the approved task outgo volition beryllium provided for a maximum of 3 years, taxable to prescribed ceilings and MSME information norms.
For exporters from northeastern and hilly regions, Logistics Interventions for Freight and Transport (LIFT) was announced.
LIFT mitigates geographical disadvantages faced by exporters successful remote, hilly, northeastern and landlocked districts. Under this, determination volition beryllium partial reimbursement of up to 30% of the eligible freight expenditure, taxable to a ceiling of ₹20 lakh per IEC per fiscal year.
Financial assistance volition besides beryllium extended for an integrated Support for Trade Intelligence and Facilitation (INSIGHT).
It is mostly constricted to 50% of task cost, with up to 100% enactment for proposals from cardinal and State Government institutions and Indian Missions abroad, taxable to notified ceilings.
Through these coordinated fiscal and ecosystem interventions, the authorities aims to trim the outgo of capital, diversify commercialized concern instruments, heighten compliance readiness, code logistics constraints and fortify overseas marketplace integration for MSMEs.
