From Import Substitution to Export Promotion-Policy Planning in India s Foreign Trade Sector

Promotion Policy Planning in India's Foreign Trade Sector Sunanda Sen This paper analyses the nature and implications of the current export-promitional strategies being pursued in India. The discussion aims to focus attention on (I) trends in the export-promotional policies; (2) the premises of these policies; and (3) the actual experience in regard to export performance, contrast- ed with the objective so the export promotional measures.