The Commerce and Industry Ministry is organising a three-day global exhibition on services (GES) from April 21 to showcase India's strength in the sector.
The exhibition, likely to be inaugurated by President Pranab Mukherjee, would also provide a platform to the industry to explore business opportunities, an official said.
Due to space constraint in Pragati Maidan, the programme this time has been shifted to Greater Noida expo mart.
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Participants from several countries are expected to take part in the fair.
Deliberations on ways to make the services sector globally competitive to generate more wealth and employment among others would be held at the event.
The event is being orgainsed in association with Services Export Promotion Council (SEPC) and Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).
The services sector includes IT, ITeS, telecommunication, healthcare, education, logistics, media and entertainment, R&D and space.
In global exports of services, India's rank has been improved from 11th to 6th during 2009 and 2013.
India had a trade surplus in services segment unlike in merchandise where India runs trade deficit. It is important to boost services exports to finance the goods trade deficit.
