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Interest Equalisation Scheme on Pre & Post Shipment Rupee Export Credit with effect from 1st April, 2015 for five years

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..... Interest Equalisation Scheme on Pre & Post Shipment Rupee Export Credit with effect from 1st April, 2015 for five years - News and Press Release Dated:- 18-11-2015 - News - The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has given its approval for Interest Equalisation Scheme (earlier called Interest Subvention Scheme) on Pre Post Shipment Rupee Export Credit with effect from 1st April, 2015 for five years. The scheme will be evaluated after three years. The following are the features of the Interest Equalisation Scheme: (i) The rate of interest equalisation would be 3 percent. The scheme would be available to all exports of MSME and 416 tariff lines. Scheme would not be available to .....

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..... merchant exporters. (ii) The duration of the scheme would be five years with effect from 1.4.2015. (iii) The scheme would be funded from the funds available with Department of Commerce under non-plan during 2015-16 and the restructured scheme would be funded from plan side from 2016-17 onwards, (iv) Ministry of Commerce Industry may place funds in advance with RBI for requirement of one month and reimbursement can be made on a monthly basis through a revolving fund system, (v) On completion of three years of operation of the scheme, Department of Commerce may initiate a study on impact of the scheme on export promotion and its further continuation. The study may be done through one of the IIMs. The operational .....

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..... instructions of the scheme would be issued by RBI. Financial implication of the proposed scheme is estimated to be in the range of ₹ 2500 crore to ₹ 2700 crore per year. However, the actual financial implication would depend on the level of exports and the claims filed by the exporters with the banks. Funds to the tune of ₹ 1625 crore under Non-plan Head of account are available under Demand of Grants for 2015-2016, which would be made available to RBI during 2015-16. The scheme will help the identified export sectors to be internationally competitive and achieve higher level of export performance. The scheme covers mostly labour intensive and employment generating sectors like processed agriculture/food i .....

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..... tems, handicrafts, handmade carpet (including silk), handloom products, coir and coir manufactures, jute raw and yarn and other jute manufactures, readymade garments and made ups covered under Chapter 61-63, fabrics of all types, toys, sports goods, paper and stationary, Cosmetics and Toiletries, Leather Goods and footwear, Ceramics and Allied Products, Glass and Glassware, Medical and Scientific Instruments, Optical Frames, Lenses, Sunglasses Etc., Auto Components/Parts, Bicycle Parts, Articles of Iron or Steel (Notified lines), Misc. Articles of base metals (Notified lines), Industrial Machinery, Electrical and Engineering items, 1C Engine, Machine tools, Parts (Notified lines), Electrical Machinery and Equipment (Notified lines) .....

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..... , Telecom Instruments (Notified lines) and all items manufactured by SMEs other than those covered above. The list of 416 tariff lines is given below: S.No. Sector Coverage No of HS4 lines 1 Process agriculture/Food items All lines 22 2 Handicraft All lines 37 3 Carpet (Excl. Silk) Handmade All lines 5 4 Handloom Products All lines 2 5 Coir Coir Manufactures .....

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..... All lines 5 6 Jute Raw, Yarn All lines 2 7 Other Jute Manufactures All lines 1 8 Readymade Garments and Made ups ( Ch 61-63) All lines 42 9 Fabric of all types All lines 33 10 Toys All lines 1 11 Sports Goods All lines 8 12 Paper, Stationary All lines .....

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..... 8 13 Cosmetics and Toiletries All lines 8 14 Leather Goods and footwear All lines 7 15 Ceramics and Allied Products All lines 12 16 Glass and Glassware All lines 17 17 Medical and Scientific Instruments , All lines 15 18 Optical Frames, Lenses, Sunglasses Etc All lines 4 19 Auto Components/Parts .....

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..... All lines 6 20 Bicycle Parts All lines 3 21 Articles of Iron or Steel Notified lines 20 22 Misc. Articles of base metals Notified lines 10 23 Industrial Machinery, Electrical and Engineering items, 1C Engine, Machine tools, Parts Notified lines 141 24 Electrical Machinery and Equipment Notified lines 1 25 Telecom Instruments .....

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..... Notified lines 6 26 All items manufactured by SMEs other than those covered above All lines Grand Total 416 - News - Press release - PIB Tax Management India - taxmanagementindia - taxmanagement - taxmanagementindia.com - TMI - TaxTMI - TMITax .....

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