RoDTEP scheme

Merchandise Exports from India Scheme (MEIS) was introduced under Foreign Trade Policy of India (FTP 2015-20), as a part of Exports from India Scheme.
The scheme provides incentive in the form of duty credit scrip to exporters to compensate for their losses on payment of duties. The scrips can be transferred or used for payment of a number of duties including the basic customs duty.

In 2019, a WTO dispute resolution panel ruled that MEIS was not in compliance with the global trade norms.
Additionally, many exporters had persistently complained that the MEIS scheme doesn’t offset all the taxes.

To address these issues, the government introduced the Remission of Duties and Taxes on Exported Products (RoDTEP) scheme with a view to give a boost to the country’s outbound shipments.
The government announced that whatever taxes, or duties or local levies imposed by the Centre, State or local governments that are not getting refunded through any other scheme, will be done through RoDTEP in a way that is compliant with the WTO norms.
It is proposed to digitally refund to exporters, duties and taxes levied at the Centre, State and local levels.
The RoDTEP scheme will replace the Merchandise Export from India Scheme (MEIS) in a phased manner.

The government has announced that the notification of benefit rates payable to exporters under the RODTEP scheme is expected to take more time.

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