**Executive Summary**
This document answers Unstarred Question No. 1696 regarding the Export Promotion Mission (EPM), approved on November 12, 2025. The mission aims to strengthen India's export competitiveness, especially for MSMEs, through two sub-schemes with a total budgetary outlay of Rs. 25,060 crores for six years from FY 2025-26 to 2030-31. MSMEs are the key stakeholders and need to understand the provisions of the two sub-schemes.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Export Promotion Mission (EPM) Overview:**
* Approved on November 12, 2025, by the Union Cabinet.
* Objective: Strengthening India's export competitiveness, especially for Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs).
* Structured around two integrated sub-schemes.
* **Sub-Scheme: NIRYAT PROTSAHAN**
* Focuses on improving access to trade finance for MSMEs.
* Instruments include interest subvention, export factoring, collateral guarantee for export credit, credit for e-commerce exporters, and credit enhancement support for export diversification.
* **Sub-Scheme: NIRYAT DISHA**
* Focuses on other trade enablers.
* Includes export quality and compliance support, international branding and packaging, market access initiatives, export logistics & warehousing, inland transportation support, and trade intelligence.
* **Budgetary Information:**
* Total budgetary outlay: Rs. 25,060 crores.
* Duration: Six years, from Financial Year 2025-26 to 2030-31.
* Available to exporters across India.
* **Current Status:**
* Interest Subvention for Pre and Post Shipment Export Credit and Collateral Support for Export Credit interventions under NIRYAT PROTHSAHAN have been operationalised for MSMEs.
**Impact Analysis**
**Stakeholder: Exporters, especially MSMEs**
* **Impact:** Will have improved access to trade finance and other export-related support. MSMEs will particularly benefit from the NIRYAT PROTSAHAN sub-scheme.
* **Action Required:** Understand the specific interventions under the two sub-schemes to take advantage of the available support and to ensure they can enhance their export capabilities.
**Stakeholder: Government of India (Ministry of Commerce and Industry)**
* **Impact:** Responsible for the implementation and monitoring of the Export Promotion Mission and its sub-schemes.
* **Action Required:** Ensure effective implementation of the EPM and its sub-schemes to achieve the objective of strengthening India's export competitiveness.
Key Entities Referenced
Export Promotion Mission (EPM): A scheme approved by the Union Cabinet to strengthen India's export competitiveness and provide support to exporters, particularly MSMEs.
Ministry of Commerce & Industry: The ministry responsible for the Export Promotion Mission.
NIRYAT PROTSAHAN: A sub-scheme of the Export Promotion Mission focused on improving access to trade finance for MSMEs.
NIRYAT DISHA: A sub-scheme of the Export Promotion Mission focused on trade enablers such as export quality, branding, and logistics.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY
(DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE)
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1696
ANSWERED ON 10/02/2026
EXPORT PROMOTION MISSION
1696. SHRI DILESHWAR KAMAIT :
Will the Minister of COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY ¼okf.kT; ,oa m|ksx ea=h½ be pleased to
state:
(a) the manner in which the Export Promotion Mission supports the exporters in the
global markets in order to promote export competition therein;
(b) the total funds sanctioned to implement the said mission;
(c) the manner in which sub-schemes ‘Niryat Protsahan’ ensures the MSME’s access to
trade finance and other assistance measures; and
(d) if so, the details thereof?
ANSWER
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THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
(SHRI JITIN PRASADA)
(a) The Union Cabinet approved the Export Promotion Mission (EPM) on 12
November, 2025 with objective of strengthening India’s export competitiveness and
providing targeted support to exporters in global markets, with a particular focus on
Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises(MSMEs).
The Export Promotion Mission is structured around two integrated sub-schemes:
• NIRYAT PROTSAHAN:- focuses on improving access to trade finance
through instruments such as interest subvention, export factoring,
collateral guarantee for export credit, credit for e-commerce exporters and
credit enhancement support for export diversification; and
• NIRYAT DISHA:- focuses on other trade enablers such as export quality
and compliance support, international branding and packaging, market
access initiatives, export logistics & warehousing, inland transportation
support and trade intelligence.
(b) The Export Promotion Mission has been approved with a total budgetary outlay of
Rs. 25,060 crores for six years from Financial Year 2025-26 to 2030-31. It is available
to exporters across India.
(c) & (d) The NIRYAT PROTSAHAN sub-scheme exclusively for Micro, Small and
Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) exporters focuses on improving access to trade finance
1through five specific interventions covering interest subvention, export factoring,
collateral guarantees for export credit, credit assistance for e-commerce exporters and
credit enhancement support for export diversification.
As on date, the Interest Subvention for Pre and Post – Shipment Export Credit and
Collateral Support for Export Credit interventions under NIRYAT PROTHSAHAN have
been operationalised for MSMEs.
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