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Beneficiaries Under MDA
Revised Market Development Assistance (MDA) Guidelines w.e.f. 1st June, 2013
Eligibility:
Assistance to individual exporters for export promotion activities abroad – Participation in EPC etc. led BSMs/Trade Fairs/ Exhibitions:
Area/Sector |
No. of Visits |
Maximum Financial ceiling per event |
Focus LAC |
1 |
Rs.2,50,000/- |
Focus Africa (including WANA countries) |
1 |
Rs.2,00,000/- |
Focus CIS |
1 |
Rs.2,00,000/- |
Focus Asean + 2 |
1 |
Rs.2,00,000/- |
General Areas |
1 |
Rs.1,50,000/- |
TOTAL |
5 |
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The participation of individual companies in the above activities shall be subject to the following conditions:
a. For EPC led BSMs only air-fare by Economy Excursion class upto a maximum of Rs.70,000 (Rs.1,00,000 in case of Focus LAC) shall be permissible. For participation in Trade Fairs/Exhibitions, reimbursement shall be permissible subject to ceilings mentioned in the column 4 of the above table.
b. Maximum number of permissible participations shall be five in a financial year as indicated in above table. (No travel grant is permissible for visit to General Areas.)
c. Assistance shall be permissible to one regular employee/director/partner/proprietor of the company. However, such Assistance would not be available to exporter of foreign nationality or holding foreign passport.
d. Intimation application must be received in the concerned EPC with a minimum of 14 days clear advance notice excluding the date of receipt of application in the office of the concerned organization and the date of departure from the country.
e. The company shall not be under investigation/ charged/ prosecuted/ debarred/black listed under the Foreign Trade Policy of India or any other law relating to export and import business.
f. Maximum MDA assistance shall be inclusive of MDA assistance received from all Govt. bodies/FIEO/EPCs/Commodity Boards/Export Development Authorities/ITPO etc.
g. A maximum of three participations in a particular trade fair/exhibition would be eligible for MDA assistance and exporting companies after availing assistance three times including past cases for a particular fair/exhibition, have to participate in that Fair, if any, on self-financing basis.
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