Exports from Rajasthan likely to touch Rs 80,000 crore in FY23: REPC
Updated: Apr 27, 2023 03:02:35pm
Exports from Rajasthan likely to touch Rs 80,000 crore in FY23: REPC
Jaipur, Apr 27 (KNN) Exports from Rajasthan increased by over 10 per cent during April to February of the current financial year, according to the Rajasthan Export Promotion Council (REPC).
The Rajasthan Export Promotion Council expects the exports to reach Rs 80,000 crore for 2022-23. Exports from the state have increased from Rs 46,476 crore in 2018-19 to Rs 71,999 crore in 2021-22, reported TOI.
Rajiv Arora, Chairman REPC and RAJSICO said that state's textiles, agro-food products, gems and jewellery and engineering goods have been the major contributors to this growth.
Arora said that more than 31 lakh people in the state are employed in export units and allied services.
He also highlighted the efforts made by the state government under the initiative 'Mission Niryatak Bano' to provide necessary process and documentation training to over 9,000 entrepreneurs, artisans and handicraftsmen from different districts to make them exporters.
Rajasthan Export Promotion Council is a not for profit organization, constituted under the Notification of Department of Industries, Government of Rajasthan. (KNN Bureau)