ManojPatodia, Chairman, Cotton Textiles Export Promotion Council (TEXPROCIL) believes, Prime Minister NarendraModi’s emphasis on four points to increase exports – increase in manufacturing, reduction in transport and logistics cost, government walking shoulder to shoulder with the exporters and expansion of international markets for domestic goods – will help achieve the goals of Make in India and Atmanirbhar Bharat.

Patodia also states that PM’s“personal intervention will ensure that all the Indian Missions abroad will actively participate along with the Export Promotion Councils in ensuring that the target set for each importing country is achieved by promoting India’s products with the overseas buyers.

As pointed out by some of the ambassadors of Indian Missions abroad, the acute shortage of containers and the need for greater focus on logistics development were emerging as major challenges. Patodia urged the Government to step in urgently to address the issue of container shortages faced by the exporters which is turning out to be very serious day by day.

The chairman also appealed to the government to include textiles in the priority list while negotiating FTAs with UK, Canada, Australia and the EU