 "free trade agreements")
The department of commerce is working with the Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN) to explore ways to compile sector-wise data on services, thereby making the trade data comprehensive at a time when India is negotiating trade deals with a host of nations.
The process of measuring services trade is complex and is not as comprehensive as the export-import data of goods. Currently, the value of exports and imports of services is released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and it comes with a lag of over two months.
Exporters said often there is an overlap between the data
