The Ministry of Commerce & Industry launched an Enhanced version Foreign Trade Data Dashboard as part of the growth promotion plan of Foreign Trade. This was launced by Commerce & Industry Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman today on 10-Oct-2016.This mechanism will provide an easy access to the public with important information pertaining to India’s export, import and balance of trade data in an analytical format, over time and space.This technology provides a transperent information to people with real time data. This dashboard is an enhanced wersion of the earlier EXIM Analytics Dashboard with numerous add on features and more user friendly interface that can provide usefull information in analytic and graphical layouts providing exhaustic dynamics of foreign trade and its performance in India.
Digitization of the government records and data analytics is also crucial for fast and effective evidence based planning and policy evaluation. This has an important role to play in effective and transparent governance. The Dashboard would provide an enabling environment to importers and exporters to identify and access global trade opportunities based on reliable and updated information, directly accessible to the public through Government sources.