Staff Reporter
Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal today said that India has the potential to achieve one trillion dollar merchandise and services exports each by 2030.
Addressing the ‘21st Civil Services Day – 2022, Plenary Session on Aatmanirbhar Bharat – Focus on Exports’ in New Delhi, the Minister stressed upon the need to make exports the fulcrum of India’s growth. He said, the country has achieved 419 billion US dollar exports in Financial Year-2021-22 by touching 30 billion US dollars of exports every month and in March, it touched the level of 42 billion dollars of exports.
The Minister said that the achievement of such targets was only possible because of the ‘whole of the government’ and ‘whole of the nation’ approaches that have been adopted. He mentioned that this achievement is not just a milestone in Aatmanirbhar Bharat journey, but also a message to the rest of world – that New India offers quality, reliability and scale.
Highlighting the immense potential for growth in exports, the Minister said that labour-oriented sectors like gems and jwellery, textiles, pharma, handloom, handicrafts and leather must receive greater push to boost employment and income generation. Conveying his congratulations and best wishes to Civil Services Officers across the country on the occasion of 21st Civil Services Day, Mr Goyal said that it was indeed an occasion for the civil servants to renew their dedication to the cause of the nation and reiterate their commitment to public service.