Context :
PM
suggests 4 point strategy to achieve $ 400 b exports in FY 2022
Extract
:
Ø Prime
Minister Narendra Modi today listed four factors to boost exports and urged all
stakeholders to identify new products and destinations
Ø The
factors include,
# Increasing manufacturing manifold
# Removing logistics problems
# Coordination between exporters and
government
# Finding more global markets for Indian
products
Ø Expanding
on the four factors, Modi said that manufacturing has to be QUALITATIVELY
competent as many consumers worldwide value QUALITY more than PRICE
Ø Most
importantly, it was important to find more international markets for products
made in India
Ø To
mark 75 years of independence, Modi asked MISSION HEADS to identify 75 new items that could
be exported from India to THEIR
country of operation
Ø Modi also asked the Indian diaspora in different countries to get involved in the promotion drive and help boost exports of specific items from THEIR states of origin
S State Governments , too, could select five-ten top priority goods and send them to at least 75 countries, he added
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My Take :
Dear Shri Narendrabhai,
Following is a “ Foreign adoption “
of the Indian saying :
यथा राजा तथा प्रजा
Source : https://emailothers.blogspot.com/2014/11/fw-ace-salesman_11.html#.YREVXYgzaUk
Extract :
Some 42 years ago , when I was General Manager ( Powai
Works / Mumbai ) , at Larsen & Toubro ,
I had an opportunity to host a lunch for the Commerce Minister of
Canada
After lunch , the Minister pulled out 4 / 5 small , neatly labelled glass
bottles from his brief case
Each bottle contained samples of crude oil from different oil fields of Canada
Minister went on to explain :
* Chemical Composition / Specific Gravity / Quality of each sample ( eg:
Sulphur content / Sweet /
* Daily
Output of each field ( Barrels / day )
* Spot
Market prices / Long Term Contract rates
*
Delivery Commitments.... etc
Then , he went ahead to distribute to L&T executives present
, brochures of the private Canadian
Companies , engaged in exploration /
production of Crude Oil in Canada
And answered every single question
with the knowledge of an ace SALESMAN of those companies !
There was no doubt, he firmly
believed that his primary job while travelling abroad, was to " SELL CANADA " !
Dear
Shri Narendrabhai,
I urge you
to forward this incidence to all of our Ambassadors / High Commissioners /
Consul Generals / Mission Heads / Trade Representatives etc. , all over the
World and tell them :
“ I expect you to do one better than the
Canadian Commerce Minister .
Please
carry with you a laptop on which you can show to any potential customer ( in
the country of your posting ), full details of any Indian Product that he might
be interested – along with the CONTACT details of all the Indian manufacturers
of that product
And, if
that potential foreign customer wants more details ( price – quality – delivery
etc ), then , on-the-spot, PHONE that company Chairman / MD , asking him / her
to e-mail the requested details to that customer , with a copy to yourself ,
for follow up “
No rocket
science this !
Only a
simple technology and a “ We will win this Olympic Game “ attitude
Enough to
meet target of $ 400 billion exports
With regards,
Hemen Parekh / hcp@RcruitGuru.com / 10 Aug 2021
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Related
Readings :
Ø
Maadhyam
: Gateway of ( Business ) India ……….[ 22 July 2021 ]
Extract :
On this very subject ( Portal to help doing business Better ), over the past 5 years,
Govt has already
I Investors ) :
# https://www.makeinindia.com/ , with
following sections :
Sectors / Investor Desk / Opportunities / Policies / Ease of Doing
Business /
Listicles / FAQs
# https://www.investindia.gov.in/about-us ,
with following sections :
Invest India / Initiatives / Opportunities / Country Desk / Resources /
Outreach
In both of these portals, under each section,
there are several “ sub-sections “ , providing very detailed and very useful
info in respect of “ Doing Business in India “
Although there seems to be some OVERLAP of info
being provided
But, to best of my knowledge, neither of these
portals have any database of INDIAN COMPANIES ( may be 500,000 ? ), which
a foreign investor can,
# Search
- by Industry Name / Location / products – services / organization /
finances etc
# Prepare and Store,
- a list ( or several lists ) of “ Shortlisted Companies
# Compose / Store / Send out,
“ Business Offer Messages “ to
shortlisted Indian companies (
just ONE CLICK ) / receive their e-mailed responses / continue
online “ Dialogue “
In my view, proposed portal MADHYAM should host such a database of Indian
Companies and incorporate a
“ Multi- Way Communication “ feature (
between
Foreign Investors / Shortlisted Indian Companies / related Govt Agencies )
As repeatedly offered in the past, I would be
happy to hand-over the source-code of
to your Ministry which is developing MAADHYAM (
absolutely FREE and without any obligation what-so-ever
)
At this stage ( before launch of MAADHYAM ), it
would be highly desirable to ask :
# Is it not
too cumbersome –
and expensive – to
maintain THREE different
portals on the same
some information ) ?
# Will we end
up confusing Foreign
Investors by trying to simultaneously
promote 3 different
portals on
# Is it too late
to consider merging / consolidating, all three portals, in
order to make this a
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COMPETITIVE
ADVANTAGES ARE TRANSIENT……[ 11 Aug 2015 ]
When
will we learn ?........................................[ 13 Oct 2016 ]
Ø A
TradeWar Epidemic ? …………………………………….[ 22 Mar 2018 ]
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