MP seeks export infra boost from Centre

Madhya Pradesh has asked the Centre for a package of export-support infrastructure, including a textile testing facility, a regional Export Promotion Council office in Indore and inland container depots in Jabalpur and Rewa.

The request was made at a Board of Trade meeting in New Delhi on July 3, chaired by Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal. Madhya Pradesh also sought inclusion of landlocked states in the Centre's Logistics Infrastructure for Trade, or LIFT, scheme.

The asks are aimed at reducing bottlenecks for exporters in a landlocked state where testing, advisory access and cargo handling often require longer transport and coordination chains.

What Madhya Pradesh wants

The state wants a textile testing facility to help manufacturers and agri-processors get products checked closer to their production base. It also wants a regional EPC office in Indore, which would bring export advisory and coordination closer to the state's industrial belt.

The proposal for inland container depots in Jabalpur and Rewa is intended to improve inland cargo handling. The state wants that broader infrastructure push backed through the LIFT scheme as well.

Wider export push

The meeting came as the Centre reiterated a target of $1 trillion in exports in FY26. On the same day, Goyal also urged states to identify imported goods that can be manufactured competitively in India.

For Madhya Pradesh, the immediate question is whether the Centre turns any of the requests into approvals, funding commitments or timelines. No official clearance was announced in the available reports.