Govt. must simplify merchandise trade processes and establish a single national trade portal for all approvals and compliances in order to help spur exports by smaller players, says the report 'Boosting Exports From MSMEs', jointly authored by NITI Aayog and FED.

FED collaborated with the Indian government's premier policy think-tank, NITI Aayog, to publish the report, 'Boosting Exports From MSMEs', to generate a much-needed surround sound and highlight the immense potential of Indian MSMEs, who should be selling a lot more in global markets but are constrained owing to several legacy issues.

The report jointly prepared by Niti Aayog and the non-profit Foundation for Economic Development, said that India needs a National Trade Network (NTN) to ease compliance burdens for MSMEs.