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Duty free import for services with forex earnings of at least Rs 10
lakh (Rs 1 million).
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Corporates encouraged to sponsor agri-export
zones.
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DEPB rate for agro products, factor in input costs like fertiliser.
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Duty-free import entitlement for status holders having incremental
growth of more than 25 per cent.
-
Annual advance licence facility for
status holders.
-
Input-output norms for status holders within 60 days.
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Free movement
of professional equipment in STPI.
-
100 per cent depreciation to computers
and peripherals for 3 years.
-
Hardware admissible for duty free import.
-
Diamond and jewellery dollar
account for exporters' deal.
-
Upgradation of infrastructure in export
clusters.
-
Export obligation period to be allowed to sick units for
rehabilitation.
-
Quantitative restrictions on 69 import items and
5 export items withdrawn.
-
Sales from domestic tariff area to SEZs
to be treated as export.
-
Foreign bound passengers to be allowed to
take goods from SEZs to promote trade.
-
Domestic sales by SEZ units exempted from SAD.
-
SEZ units
can capitalise import payables.
-
SEZ units allowed to sell through
exhibitions, duty free shops and shops set up abroad.
-
Duty free goods
for operation of SEZ units.
-
EOUs to be only net positive forex
earners with no export performance
requirement.
-
Export/import through
parcel/courier by EOUs allowed.
-
Gems and jewellery EOUs entitled
to advance domestic sales.
-
Utilisation period of raw materials for EOUs increased
to three years.
-
EPCG scheme
allowed import of capital goods for production
and
post-production
facilities.
-
Import of
spares allowed under the EPCG scheme.
-
Export obligation of
50 per cent for higher
product
chains
done
away with.
-
Capital
goods up to 10 years old allowed
under
the EPCG.
-
Facility
for provisional DEPB
rate introduced.
-
DEPB rates rationalised.
-
Standard input
output norms
for 403 new
products notified.
-
Value addition
under DFRC
scheme
reduced to 25 per
cent.
-
High priority
accorded
to EDI
implementation
programme
to
minimise
transaction
cost.
-
Actual user
condition
for
import
of
second hand
capital
goods
up
to 10 years
old
dispensed
with.
-
Penal interest
rate
reduced
to
15
per
cent
for
old
cases
of
default.
-
Restriction on
export of
warranty spares
removed.
