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Hegde plans for 20 per cent export growth
The Commerce Minister Ramakrishna Hegde has formulated a four point plan to spur a 20 per cent growth in exports. Hegde said the export basket would be widened and focussed on certain identified growth sectors. Creation of a data base of importers and exporters for periodic updating of data and emphasis on regular feed back to the chambers of commerce in India to enable smoother transactions would be another area of emphasis he said. To promote freer access steps to remove visa restrictions to Indian importers and professionals are to be taken.