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COVER
Cover
आवरण INDIAN PRODUCTS
STORY
Story
कथा
BECOMING GLOBAL
India's exports crossed
India's exports crossed

$100 b illion for the first time
$100 billion for the first time

In the midst of a global pandemic
like Covid, when analysts around the
world are worried about the business
prospects, India is moving towards a
new record on the path of self-reliance.

For the first time, the central
government has set a target of
$400 billion in a financial
year (2021-22).

India's total exports reached $101.89
billion in the July-September quarter. India's exports stood at
This is the first time in India's history $125.61 billion in the first
that exports have crossed $100 billion
in a quarter. half of the financial year
2020-21.
India's total exports in the April-
September half have been Exports of agricultural products and processed
$197 billion food increased in spite of Covid due to the

It has increased by 56.92% in comparison farsighted policies of the Central Government
committed to the welfare of farmers. Exports of
to the financial year 2020-21, while it has $ 6485 million in April-August 2020 reached $
increased by 23.84% compared to the
financial year 2019-20. 7902 million in April-August 2021-22.

e-market place i.e. GeM portal. On this platform, it is
now required to state the country of origin and the
country from which the material is taken on every
SPECIAL FACILITIES WERE product sold. That is, the buyer can know where

GIVEN TO THE MSME SECTOR, the product is actually made? This initiative to give
SO THAT THIS SECTOR, importance to Swadeshi is not limited to industries
or markets, but Prime Minister Modi in his Mann ki
PROVIDING EMPLOYMENT TO Baat called for promoting local dog breeds after
CRORES OF PEOPLE, BECOMES which the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF)

THE BACKBONE OF has started training indigenous dogs in its squad.
Street dogs are being made part of this initiative.
SELF-RELIANT INDIA. Indigenous breed dogs have more enthusiasm and
agility. NDRF officials say that indigenous breed dogs
are far superior to the foreign breed in identifying
a suspicious object. Lakhs of such inspirational
stories have started making the campaign of self-
reliant India a mass movement.

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