India set to achieve services export goal of $1 trn by 2030: Piyush Goyal

Minister says opening up of domestic legal services will benefit Indian lawyers as they'd have huge opportunities in Europe, Australia and America. But they must be taken on board on this issue

India is poised to achieve an ambitious services export target of $1 trillion by 2030, commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal said on Tuesday.

Speaking at the Services Export Promotion Council-Global Services Conclave 2021, the minister said that the opening up of the domestic legal services sector will benefit Indian lawyers as they would get huge opportunities in countries such as Europe, Australia and America. However, there is a need to get Indian lawyers on board on this issue.

“I personally believe that opening up legal services in India will actually be a net gain for lawyers of India because