Export Promotion Mission (EPM)

The government just merged a dozen scattered export schemes into one. It comes with a ₹25,060 crore price tag.

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EPM

Export Promotion Mission

Feb 2025

EPM is first announced, in the Union Budget 2025-26.

12 Nov 2025

Cabinet approves EPM, with a ₹25,060 crore outlay.

21 Feb 2026

7 more measures launch; 10 of 11 interventions now live.

1 Jun 2026

A 90-day activation drive begins for District Export Hubs.

One Scheme, Not a Dozen

EPM deliberately replaces a patchwork of older, scheme-specific export incentives with a single, outcome-based, digitally-driven mechanism — run through just two sub-schemes, Niryat Protsahan and Niryat Disha.

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Timeline

• February 2025: The Export Promotion Mission is first announced, in the Union Budget 2025-26.
• 12 November 2025: The Union Cabinet approves EPM, with a ₹25,060 crore outlay for FY2025-26 to FY2030-31.
• 21 February 2026: Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal launches 7 more measures under EPM, taking 10 of its 11 proposed interventions live.
• 1 June 2026: A 90-day activation drive begins for EPM’s District Export Hubs initiative.

Must Know

• The Export Promotion Mission (EPM) is a Cabinet-approved scheme with a ₹25,060 crore outlay, covering FY2025-26 to FY2030-31.
• It merges many separate, older export-support schemes into one outcome-based, digitally-driven framework.
• EPM runs through two sub-schemes: Niryat Protsahan and Niryat Disha.
• The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) is EPM’s implementing agency.
• EPM specifically targets MSMEs, first-time exporters, and labour-intensive sectors.

Good to Know

• Niryat Protsahan covers financial support: interest subvention, export factoring, collateral guarantees, credit cards for e-commerce exporters, and credit enhancement for market diversification.
• Niryat Disha covers non-financial enablers: quality and compliance assistance, branding and packaging support, trade fair participation, and warehousing and logistics support.
• Compliance-cost reimbursement runs under a component called TRACE. Logistics and warehousing support run under FLOW and LIFT.
• EPM also funds District Export Hubs, extending organised export promotion down to the district level for the first time.
• Implementation also involves the Department of Commerce, the Ministry of MSME, the Ministry of Finance, and Export Promotion Councils, alongside DGFT.

Test Yourself

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1. What is the Export Promotion Mission’s (EPM) Cabinet-approved outlay, and over what period?

Rs 25,060 crore, for FY2025-26 to FY2030-31

Rs 10,000 crore, for FY2025-26 to FY2027-28

Rs 50,000 crore, for FY2025-26 to FY2035-36

Rs 1,00,000 crore, for FY2025-26 to FY2030-31

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Great to Know

• EPM was first announced in the Union Budget 2025-26, months before the Cabinet formally approved it that November.
• By February 2026, 10 of EPM’s 11 originally proposed interventions were already operational, a fast rollout for a mission barely three months old.
• All EPM processes, from application to disbursal, run through one dedicated digital platform.
• As of a June 2026 review, EPM’s branding-support component was still under wider stakeholder consultation, unlike its other interventions.
• EPM is a domestic export-support mechanism, distinct from India’s trade agreements. For the treaty side of India’s export push, see IntlRel0056 — India’s Free Trade Agreements.

Current Affairs

• 24 June 2026: Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal chaired an interaction with Export Promotion Councils and industry associations, in New Delhi, to review EPM’s progress. (Source: India Shipping News)
  • Additional Director General of Foreign Trade Abhinav Gupta reported that EPM’s District Export Hubs initiative began a 90-day activation drive on 1 June 2026.
  • Ten of EPM’s eleven proposed interventions have already rolled out. The branding-support component remains under wider stakeholder consultation.
  • Goyal urged Export Promotion Councils to stay actively engaged with DGFT, and to submit focused, quantifiable, outcome-oriented proposals.
• 21 February 2026: Goyal launched 7 additional measures under EPM, taking 10 of its 11 proposed interventions into effect — including dedicated credit facilities for e-commerce exporters, export factoring support, compliance-cost reimbursement under TRACE, and logistics support under FLOW and LIFT. (Source: PIB)
• 12 November 2025: The Union Cabinet approved EPM, with its ₹25,060 crore outlay for FY2025-26 to FY2030-31. (Source: PIB)