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3.117. Under the MEIS, exporters receive a "duty credit scrip" when exporting eligible goods, some 7,500 tariff lines at the eight-digit level in 2020 (...) Higher rates are granted to: agricultural and village industry products, presently covered under Special Agriculture and Village Industry Scheme (Vishesh Krishi and Gram Udyog Yojana); value-added and packaged products; eco‐friendly and green products produced with waste from agricultural products; (...)

Table 3.21 Services eligible under the Services Exports from India Scheme (SEIS)
(...) Environmental services (...)

Table 3.23 Export Promotion Capital Goods (EPCG) Scheme, 2020
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Export obligation: (...) The export obligation for green technology products is 75% of the original, (...)

3.149. The Nutrient Based Subsidy (NBS) Scheme, introduced in 2019 for decontrolled phosphatic and potassic fertilizer, remains in place. Under this Scheme, India subsidizes the retail price of indigenous phosphatic and potassic fertilizers, to promote the balanced use of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium (NPK) nutrients to protect soil health and enhance productivity. (...)

3.151. (...) An additional scheme, to provide clean fuel to households, the LPG Connection to Poor Households, was launched to motivate households below the poverty line to shift to cleaner fuel.

3.153. During the review period, India notified programmes established or maintained in the fisheries sector to the WTO Committee on Subsidies. India also notified programmes implemented to promote investment in the manufacturing sector and in specific industries/sectors, e.g. leather and textiles, hybrid and electric vehicles, shipbuilding, forestry, mining, and information technology and telecommunications. The purpose of these programmes is to increase employment, upgrade technology, protect the environment, and facilitate industrialization in remote areas. Most of the assistance is via grants or fiscal incentives. (...)

3.164. During 2015-20 (end-June), India notified 102 new technical regulations to the WTO, regarding consumer, health and environmental protection. (...)

3.166. Product certification is voluntary, for both domestic and imported products, except for products that must comply with Indian standards, even if these are not considered technical regulations, for public health and safety and for the protection of the environment. (...) There are two mandatory certification schemes: (...) • Scheme II (mandatory registration) includes 50 electronics and IT products, and solar photovoltaic products, which only require market surveillance.

3.168. Certified products may use the BIS Standard Mark (ISI symbol). (...) The BIS also manages the ECO Mark for environmentally friendly products; its use is voluntary.

3.171. (...) The Food Safety and Standard Authority of India (FSSAI) is in the process of reviewing the labelling regulation. In addition to the labelling requirements stipulated in the Regulations, specific labelling requirements apply to alcoholic beverages, food additives, health supplements, and organic food.