What it captures
Standing, economy-wide Indian schemes that remit duties/taxes on exports or otherwise subsidise export logistics and compliance, as opposed to one-off tenders, sector-specific missions, or infrastructure build-out. RoDTEP is the anchor instrument; TRACE, FLOW and LIFT (trade-compliance, warehousing/fulfilment and freight-cost schemes respectively) are adjacent pieces of the same 2026 export-support package and belong here once filed.
Why it matters
These schemes are the mechanism by which India keeps export pricing competitive without running afoul of WTO subsidy rules (RoDTEP exists specifically because MEIS was found non-compliant). Because the rate/cap schedule rarely moves and extensions are usually straight rollovers, the signal to watch is not the extension itself but any rate cut, scope narrowing, or lapse — none of which has occurred yet.
Pattern to watch
Whether a future rollover changes the Appendix 4R/4RE rate schedule rather than repeating it unchanged, and whether TRACE/FLOW/LIFT get filed as the register catches up on 2026 GTA backlog.