how and why the Indian government invest in service sector?
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Answer:
The services sector is not only the dominant sector in India’s GDP, but has also attracted significant foreign investment flows, contributed significantly to exports as well as provided large-scale employment. India’s services sector covers a wide variety of activities such as trade, hotel and restaurants, transport, storage and communication, financing, insurance, real estate, business services, community, social and personal services, and services associated with construction.
Market Size
The services sector is the key driver of India’s economic growth. The sector has contributed 54.17 per cent of India’s Gross Value Added at current price in 2018-19*. Net service exports stood at US$ 60.25 billion in April-December 2018 (P).
Nikkei India Services Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) stood at 52.5 in February 2019. The expansion in services activity was driven by boost in capacity and demand along with favourable public policies.
Investments
Some of the developments and major investments by companies in the services sector in the recent past are as follows:
Leisure and business travel and tourism spending are expected to increase to US$ 234.4 billion and US$ 12.9 billion in 2018, respectively.
India’s earnings from medical tourism could exceed US$ 9 billion by 2020.
Indian healthcare companies are entering into merger and acquisitions with domestic and foreign companies to drive growth and gain new markets.
Government Initiatives
The Government of India recognises the importance of promoting growth in services sectors and provides several incentives in wide variety of sectors such as health care, tourism, education, engineering, communications, transportation, information technology, banking, finance, management, among others.
The Government of India has adopted a few initiatives in the recent past. Some of these are as follows:
Under the Mid-Term Review of Foreign Trade Policy (2015-20), the Central Government increased incentives provided under Services Exports from India Scheme (SEIS) by two per cent.
Government of India is working to remove many trade barriers to services and tabled a draft legal text on Trade Facilitation in Services to the WTO in 2017.
Explanation:
The services sector is a vital cog in the wheel of the Indian economy. The sector, accounting for 60 per cent of the gross domestic product (GDP), grew 5 per cent in the FY13.
The Indian service industry has emerged as one of the largest and fastest-growing sectors on the global landscape and hence has made substantial contribution towards global output and employment. Growing at faster pace as compared to agriculture and manufacturing sectors, Indian service segment comprises of wide range of activities, such as trading, transportation and communication, financial, real estate and business services, as well as community, social and personal services.
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