Market Access Initiative (MAI)
Scheme is an Export Promotion Scheme envisaged to act as a catalyst to promote
India's exports on a sustained basis. The scheme is formulated on focus
product-focus country approach to evolve specific market and specific product
through market studies/survey. Assistance would be provided to Export Promotion
Organizations/Trade Promotion Organizations/National Level Institutions/
Research Institutions/Universities/Laboratories, Exporters etc., for enhancement
of exports through accessing new markets or through increasing the share in the
existing markets. Under the Scheme the level of assistance for each eligible
activities has been fixed.
The following activities will
be eligible for financial assistance under the Scheme:
>
Marketing Projects Abroad
> Capacity Building
> Support for Statutory Compliances
> Studies
> Project Development
> Developing Foreign Trade Facilitation
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> To support Cottage and handicrafts
units
Eligible Agencies:-
> Departments of Central Government and
Organisation of Central/
State Governments including
Indian Missions abroad
> Export Promotion Councils
> Registered trade promotion Organisation
> Commodity Boards
> Apex Trade Bodies recognized under
Foreign Trade Policy of Govt of India
> Recognized
Industrial & Artisan Clusters
> Individual
Exporters (only for statutory compliance etc.)
> National
Level Institutions (e.g. Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), Indian
Institutes of
Management (IIMs), National Institute of design (NIDs), NIFT
etc.)/ Research
Institutions/Universities/ Recognized laboratories, etc.
Further details of the scheme may be accessed on the
department's website (www.commerce.nic.in)
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