Gujarat ranks first on export preparedness

Gujarat, followed by Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu emerged as top three performers Niti Aayog’s first Export Preparedness Index 2020 released on Wednesday. The think tank notes that six coastal states — Gujarat, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Odisha, Karnataka and Kerala — feature in the top ten rankings. It also states that Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Telangana dominate 70% of India’s export.

Rajasthan, Telangana and Haryana were ranked as the best performing landlocked states; while it noted that Chattisgarh and Jharkhand had initiated several measures to promote exports. Further, Uttarakhand topped the chart among the Himalayan states, followed by Tripura and Himachal Pradesh. Delhi is the best performing UT, followed by Goa and Chandigarh.

States were ranked on 4 parameters by the think tank: policy; business ecosystem; export ecosystem; export performance. Further, 11 sub-pillars were taken into account: export promotion policy; institutional framework; business environment; infrastructure; transport connectivity; access to finance; export infrastructure; trade support; R&D infrastructure; export diversification; and growth orientation.