Govt to tap districts for enhancing exports: DGFT

Director General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) Santosh Sarangi on Friday said that the government will go to the districts to enhance exports. Seventy districts in the country account for 80 per cent of the country’s exports total exports, he told reporters at the Indian Chamber of Commerce. In West Bengal, two districts – Darjeeling and Howrah have been identified for the purpose so far. Darjeeling for tea and Howrah for jewellery and engineering goods. Export plans for them have also been adopted, Sarangi added.

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