Piyush Goyal calls upon exporters to be more competitive & provide quality products
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- Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has called upon the exporters to be more competitive and provide quality products to the world.
- Mr Goyal said this while addressing the Digital Summit on Exports organized by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) through video- conferencing.
- He said, in the IT related service, the world recognizes the Indian expertise and prowess, and hence the government has asked the NASSCOM to target for 500 billion dollar export in the sector in next five years.
Source: AIR
Related General Knowledge
Confederation of Indian Industry
- The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) works to create and sustain an environment conducive to the development of India, partnering industry, Government, and civil society, through advisory and consultative processes.
- CII is a non-government, not-for-profit, industry-led and industry-managed organization, playing a proactive role in India's development process.
- Founded in 1895 and celebrating 125 years in 2020, India's premier business association has more than 9100 members, from the private as well as public sectors, including SMEs and MNCs, and an indirect membership of over 300,000 enterprises from 291 national and regional sectoral industry bodies.
- President: Vikram Shreekant Kirloskar
- Headquarters location: New Delhi
- Founded: 1895
National Association of Software and Service Companies
- The National Association of Software and Service Companies is a trade association of Indian Information Technology and Business Process Outsourcing industry.
- Established in 1988, NASSCOM is a non-profit organisation.
- NASSCOM initiated a program called '10000 Startups' in 2013.
- Chairperson: Pravin Rao
- Headquarters location: New Delhi
- Members: over 2,000 companies
- Founded: 1 March 1988
- Affiliations: National Institute for Smart Government, Data Security Council of India
Ministry of Commerce and Industry
- The Ministry of Commerce and Industry administers two departments, the Department of Commerce and the Department for Promotion of Industry & Internal Trade.
- The head of the Ministry is a Minister of Cabinet rank.
- Departments: Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT)
- Headquarters: New Delhi
- Jurisdiction: India
- Officeholders: Piyush Goyal (Minister)