WTO and India s Exports: Performance, Policy Measures and Challenges of Productivity and Competitiveness

This book is divided into nine chapters.Chapter I deals with the introduction and basic framework of the study. Chapter II describes the significance of international trade in growth and development of developing country including India.Chapter III provides an overview of the impact of WTO on India s foreign trade policy and also highlights India s negotiation position at different Ministerial Conferences held under the auspices of WTO. Chapter IV deals with the various exports promotion measures adopted bythe Government of India since independence and also observes the WTO status of export promotion measures in relation to India. Chapter V gives detail of the scenario of growth, direction, and structure of India s exports during the preand post-WTO period and finally exhibits the factors and forces underlying India s export performance during the concerned period. Chapter VI deals with the analysis of commodity-wise and country-wise India s agricultural exports during pre and post-WTO period. Chapter VII analyses India s manufactured export performance under WTO regime with special focus on major categories of commodities. Chapter VIII examines the growth in India s exports of services and evaluates the composition and direction and comparative advantage of services exports. Lastly, Chapter IX highlights summary and conclusions of the elementary chapters and also highlights some policy measures for promotion of India s export trade.