Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal has said that despite the pandemic, merchandise exports touched new heights.
Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal today said India’s merchandise exports stood at a record $418 billion in FY 2021-22 and this has been possible because the government has worked closely with small and medium enterprises and farmers to achieve this. .
Addressing a press conference, Mr Goyal said that during 2021-22, exports worth $20 billion were achieved on a monthly basis, and this was tough despite the second and third wave of the coronavirus pandemic in the country.
In fact, exports touched a monthly high of $40 billion in March 2022, he said.
“Our MSME sector, farmers, all together have successfully taken India to new heights,” he said.
Citing the example of Hindi-Telugu bilingual film “RRR”, which the Minister has learned to do the highest turnover of Rs 750 crores in the history of Indian cinema, Shri Goyal said that similarly the Indian economy is ready for it. Broke all records and India has the ability to achieve impossible goals.