New Interventions Under Export Promotion Mission

On 20th February 2026, the Union Minister of Commerce and Industry launched seven additional interventions under the Export Promotion Mission to strengthen MSME participation in global trade and enhance India’s export competitiveness.

Key Points

Focus of These Interventions: These interventions are designed to address key challenges faced by Indian exporters, promote broad-based and inclusive export growth, and strengthen India’s position as a globally competitive export powerhouse.
Addressing Structural Challenges: The newly launched interventions aim to address structural constraints faced by MSMEs, including high cost of capital, limited access to diversified trade finance instruments, compliance burdens in international markets, logistics disadvantages, and barriers to market entry.
Strategic Priorities of the Mission: The Export Promotion Mission seeks to simplify processes for MSMEs, strengthen access to credit, enhance quality standards, support compliance with international regulations and expand logistics and warehousing infrastructure globally.
Holistic Ecosystem Approach: Mission integrates financial enablers under ‘Niryat Protsahan’ and trade ecosystem support under ‘Niryat Disha’ through a digitally monitored framework.
Leveraging FTAs For Market Access: India now has preferential access to nearly 70% of global GDP and two-thirds of global trade through 9 concluded Free Trade Agreements, including the initial tranche of the Bilateral Trade Agreement with the United States.