NITI Aayog today released the Export Preparedness Index (EPI) 2024, a comprehensive assessment of export readiness across India’s states and union territories. Briefing the media after the release of the Index in New Delhi today, NITI Aayog CEO BVR Subrahmanyam highlighted that India’s export trajectory is increasingly shaped by the preparedness of states and districts. He emphasised strengthening export infrastructure, improving cost competitiveness, building robust institutions, and fostering predictable and transparent policy environments.

 

 

Mr Subrahmanyam also stressed enhancing export readiness at the sub-national level for sustaining long-term growth, employment generation, reduction of regional disparities, and deeper integration into global value chains amid heightened global volatility.

 

 

The 2024 Index is structured around four pillars, further disaggregated into 13 sub-pillars. The 2024 edition indicates that Maharashtra, along with Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh, are leading performers among large states. Uttarakhand, Jammu and Kashmir, Nagaland, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, and Goa are listed as leading performers in the category of small states, northeastern states and union territories. EPI provides an evidence-based framework to evaluate the strength, resilience, and inclusiveness of sub-national export ecosystems.

 

 

The Index identifies key structural challenges, growth levers, and policy opportunities for enhancing export competitiveness at the state and district levels. It also recognises the diversity of subnational economic structures and their critical role in advancing India’s global trade ambitions.