·
The Directorate General of Foreign Trade
(DGFT) has issued Trade
Notice No. 08/2026-27 dated 1 July 2026, amending the Market Access Support (MAS) Guidelines
under the Export Promotion
Mission (EPM) – Niryat Disha.
·
The
amendments are issued in
continuation of Trade Notice No. 19/2025-26 dated 31 December 2025
to provide greater operational clarity and certainty.
·
Business
Support Missions (BSMs):
o The minimum
recommended delegation size for each Business Support Mission
has been reduced from 50
participants to 25 participants.
·
Refund
of Advance Grant:
o A new provision has been inserted under
the Operational Guidelines for Market Access Support.
o If an event is cancelled or a participant
withdraws, any advance
grant received must be refunded within 15 days from the date of
cancellation or withdrawal.
·
Interest
on Delayed Refund:
o Failure to refund the advance grant within
the stipulated period will attract simple
interest at 10% per annum, calculated from the date of
communication of the cancellation or withdrawal decision.
·
No
Other Changes:
o All other provisions of Trade Notice No. 19/2025-26
remain unchanged.
·
The
Trade Notice has been issued with
the approval of the Competent Authority.
[DGFT
Trade Notice No. 08/2026-27 dated 01 July 2026]
Subject:
Amendment to Guidelines for Market Access Support under Export Promotion Mission
(EPM) — Niryat Disha
In continuation of Trade Notice No. 19/2025-26
dated 31st December 2025, the following amendments and insertions are hereby issued
for operational clarity and certainty. These shall form part of the guidelines of
the Market Access Support intervention under Export Promotion Mission (EPM) - Niryat
Disha, as issued earlier –
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Para No. |
Existing Text |
Revised / Inserted Text |
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Draft HBP |
A minimum delegation
size of 50 participants is recommended for each BSM. |
A minimum delegation
size of participants for BSM shall be 25. |
|
Inserted Operational Guidelines of Market Access Support |
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In cases of
cancellation of the event/decision to withdraw from participation — any
advance grant released shall be refunded within 15 days from the cancellation
of the event/decision to withdraw from participation, failing which the
funding obtained shall be refunded along with simple interest at 10% per
annum from the date of communication of cancellation of the event/decision to
withdraw from participation. |
2. All other provisions of Trade Notice No.
19/2025-26 dated 20th dated 31st December 2025 shall remain unchanged. This Trade
Notice is issued with the approval of the Competent Authority.
{Issued from File No. 01/02/32/AM-26/EPM}