Financial assistance is provided for export promotion activities on focus country, focus product basis.

Financial assistance is available for Export Promotion Councils (EPCs), Industry and Trade Associations(ITAs), Agencies of State Government, Indian Commercial Missions (ICMs) abroad and other national level institutions/eligible entities as may be notified. The activities that can be funded under MAI scheme include, amongst others, (i) Market studies/surveys, (ii) Setting up of showroom / warehouse, (iii) Participation in international trade fairs, (iv) Displays in International departmental stores, (v) Publicity campaigns, (vi) Brand promotion, (vii) Reimbursement of registration charges for pharmaceuticals and expenses for carrying out clinical trials etc., in fulfillment of statutory requirements in the buyer country, (viii) Testing charges for engineering products abroad, (ix) Assistance for contesting Anti Dumping litigations etc. Each of these export promotion activities can receive financial assistance from Government ranging from 25% to 100% of total cost depending upon activity and implementing agency Year wise Status of MAI Allocation/Releases Year 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 *Upto 15th March, 2012. Outlay 40.00 45.00 50.00 64.00 110.00 150.00 Expenditure 39.99 44.99 49.99 64.99 110.00 143.00*

Approved India Show (2011-12) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia IIJS, Mumbai Toronto, Canada Tex-Trends 2012 Lagos, Nigeria Lahore, Pakistan INDIASOFT 2012 India Engineering & Sourcing Show 2012, Mumbai Jakarta, Indonesia CII G&J EPC EEPC AEPC FICCI FICCI ESC EPC EEPC CII 23-27 May, 2011 4-8 August, 2011 17-20 October, 2011 19-21 January, 2012 10-12 February, 2012 11-13 February, 2012 21-23 March 2012 22-24 March, 2012 March, 2012

Warehouses: Private bonded warehouses exclusively for exports may be set up in DTA as per terms and conditions of notifications issued by DoR. Such warehouses shall be entitled to procure goods from domestic manufacturers without payment of duty. Supplies made by a domestic supplier to such notified warehouses shall be treated as physical exports provided payments are made in free foreign exchange.