Export Preparedness Index 2024

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Recently, NITI Aayog released the Export Preparedness Index (EPI) 2024.

About Export Preparedness Index 2024

• It is a comprehensive assessment of export readiness across India’s States and Union Territories (UTs).
• It recognises the diversity of subnational economic structures and their critical role in advancing India’s global trade ambitions.
• The first edition of the EPI was published in August 2020 and this is the 4th edition.
• Framework and Coverage: It is structured around four pillars, further disaggregated into 13 sub-pillars and 70 indicators. Four Pillars are:
  • Export Infrastructure (20% Weightage)
  • Business Ecosystem (40% Weightage)
  • Policy and Governance (20% Weightage)
  • Export Performance (20% Weightage)
• Classification of States and Union Territories: States and UTs have been categorised into Large States & Small States, North East States and Union Territories.
• Within each category, they are further classified as
  • Leaders: States/UTs demonstrating relatively high export preparedness
  • Challengers: States/UTs with moderate preparedness and scope for improvement
  • Aspirers: States/UTs at early stages of export ecosystem development
• Under EPI 2024, the following States and UTs have emerged as leading performers in their respective categories:
  • Leading Performers – Export Preparedness Index (EPI) 2024
    • Large States: Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat,Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh
    • Small States, North Eastern States & Union Territories: Uttarakhand, Jammu and Kashmir, Nagaland, Dadra and Nagar Haveli & Daman and Diu, Goa

Source: PIB

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