(a) the details regarding funding of Export Promotion Councils (EPCs) by the Ministry/Department of Commerce,
location-wise; and
(b) the details of total amount of grants and/or any other type of funds given to all the Export Promotion
Councils during the last three years?
MINISTER OF THE STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (SHRI JYOTIRADITYA M. SCINDIA)
(a) Export Promotion Councils are being sanctioned grants under Assistance to States for creating
Infrastructure for the Development and growth of Exports (ASIDE) Scheme, Market Access Initiative
(MAI) Scheme and Marketing Development Assistance (MDA) Scheme. The Export Promotion Councils are
having their headquarters in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai and Hyderabad besides their regional
offices spread over India, the details of which are available on the website of Department of Commerce
(http://commerce.gov.in ).
(b) The details of total amounts of grants released to all Export Promotion Councils under
the ASIDE, MAI and MDA schemes during the last three years are enclosed as Annexure: