New Delhi, Jan. 16 -- Just two weeks after rolling out the Niryat Protsahan scheme, the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) has tightened eligibility norms, reduced the scope of support, and laid down clearer compliance rules for interest support to MSME exporters.

The changes, notified on Friday, are intended to remove ambiguities in eligibility, rates and claims processing that had emerged following the announcement of the scheme on 2 January.

The Niryat Protsahan scheme is a sub-scheme of the Export Promotion Mission (EPM), which has a total outlay of Rs.25,060 crore for the period from FY26 to FY31, and is jointly implemented by the department of commerce, the ministry of micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSME) and the m...