Ministry of Textiles Extends RoSCTL Scheme Until December 31, 2026, Ensuring Long-Term Policy Predictability for Exporters
Distilled Policy Brief
- During the year 2025–26, the scheme benefited over 15,400 exporters (primarily MSMEs) across more than 444 districts, ensuring policy continuity and predictability for labor-intensive sectors.
🎯 Prelims High-Yield Examination Points
RoSCTL Scheme (Rebate of State and Central Taxes and Levies) extension timeline, eligible sectors (apparel/garments and made-ups), and its core principle of zero-rating exports.
⚖️ Mains Analytical & Syllabus Linkages
Analyze the role of export incentive schemes like RoSCTL in enhancing the global competitiveness of India's labor-intensive MSME sectors amid global trade headwinds.
🎯 UPSC Prelims Practice Drill
With reference to the Rebate of State and Central Taxes and Levies (RoSCTL) scheme, consider the following statements: 1. The scheme is administered by the Ministry of Textiles and is applicable to the export of apparel/garments and made-ups. 2. It operates on the principle of zero-rating of exports by rebating embedded state and central taxes and levies that are not refunded under other mechanisms. 3. During the year 2025–26, the primary beneficiaries of this scheme across more than 444 districts were large-scale multinational conglomerates. Which of the statements given above are correct?
- [A] 1 and 2 only
- [B] 2 and 3 only
- [C] 1 and 3 only
- [D] 1, 2 and 3
▶ Reveal Official Answer & Analytical Explanation
Statements 1 and 2 are correct. The RoSCTL scheme is administered by the Ministry of Textiles to rebate embedded state and central taxes on apparel/garments and made-ups, ensuring the zero-rating of exports. Statement 3 is incorrect because the primary beneficiaries of the scheme during 2025–26 were Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), not large-scale multinational conglomerates.
🏛️ Historical Twin PYQ Anchor (2021)
Consider the following statements regarding the "National Clean Air Programme (NCAP)": 1. It is implemented by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. 2. Central Pollution Control Board acts as the sole regulatory executive body.