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Why does India continue to have an export problem? Sociology may answer

All kinds of policies have been tried to boost Indian exports, but nothing has worked. Maybe, sociology holds the answers

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T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan
The latest trade data once again show that India hasn’t been able to solve its export problem. Over the last 75 years, India has succeeded in solving many problems. Food, health, education, low GDP growth rates, and much else. But there is one problem it has been unable to solve — exports. 

At least a dozen committees over 60 years have tried to find solutions. The government itself has been straining hard to provide all kinds of incentives. All manner of policies have been tried. Nothing has worked. 

India, despite its amazing businessmen, remains a poorly performing exporting country. Even
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