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Government of India
Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Department of Commerce
Directorate General of Foreign Trade
Vanijya Bhawan, New Delhi
Trade Notice No. 08/2026-27
Dated: 01 July 2026
Subject: Amendment to Guidelines for Market Access Support under Export
Promotion Mission (EPM) — Niryat Disha – regarding
In continuation of Trade Notice No. 19/2025-26 dated 31st December 2025, the
following amendments and insertions are hereby issued for operational clarity and
certainty. These shall form part of the guidelines of the Market Access Support
intervention under Export Promotion Mission (EPM) - Niryat Disha, as issued earlier –
Para No. Existing Text Revised / Inserted Text
A minimum
delegation size of 50
Draft HBP A minimum delegation size of participants for
participants is
Para X.5 (f) BSM shall be 25.
recommended for
each BSM.
In cases of cancellation of the event/decision to
withdraw from participation — any advance grant
Inserted
released shall be refunded within 15 days from
Operational
the cancellation of the event/decision to withdraw
Guidelines of
from participation, failing which the funding
Market Access
obtained shall be refunded along with simple
Support
interest at 10% per annum from the date of
Para 6.1 (i)
communication of cancellation of the
event/decision to withdraw from participation.
2. All other provisions of Trade Notice No. 19/2025-26 dated 20th dated 31st December
2025 shall remain unchanged. This Trade Notice is issued with the approval of the
Competent Authority.
(A G Subramanian)
Deputy Director General of Foreign Trade
{Issued from File No. 01/02/32/AM-26/EPM}