No new incentive plan for services exports under FTP

There may not be an incentive scheme for services exports under foreign trade policy (FTP) to be unveiled later this week.

- SHREYA NANDI

The government holds the view that all services sectors are 'self-sufficient and can make healthy foreign exchange (forex) earnings without the need for incentives, Services Export Promotion Council Chairman Sunil H Talati told Business Standard.

"If the government is handing out production linked incentive schemes to other production sectors, why should the services sector be sidelined? As far as the production of goods is concerned, it's a competitive market the world over. Many countries are competing with India.