Question : EXPORT BY PUBLIC SECTOR UNDERTAKINGS



(a) the annual average value of export carried out by Public Sector Undertakings in the country ; and

(b) the target of annual average value of export fixed for PSUs?

Answer given by the minister

MINISTER OF STATE FOR HEAVY INDUSTRIES AND PUBLIC ENTERPRISES (DR. VALLABHBHAI KATHIRIA)

(a): The export earnings as on 31.3.99, till which period the information is available, is given in the Table 1.21 of Volume-I of Public Enterprises Survey 1998-99, which was laid in the Lok Sabha on 10.3.2000.

(b): Export prospects are assured by individual PSUs under the control of various Ministries from year to year having regard to demand in various overseas markets. Average annual targets for PSUs as a whole does not arise.