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Informist, Friday, Aug. 14, 2026

NEW DELHI – India needs to harness emerging trends, elevate services in the value chain, and support professionals in continuously developing skills in order to improve the overall efficiency and output of the services sector, the NITI Aayog said Friday. "These strategic priorities are applicable across all sub-sectors of professional services, ensuring a consistent approach to raising service standards and expanding opportunities for the professionals," the government's top think-tank said.

In a report on India's services sector, the NITI Aayog suggested a "four-pronged strategy", which focusses on harnessing emerging trends to transform professional services, elevating professional services within the services value chain, adopting best practices in professional services, as well as continuous professional development of professionals. The strategy aims to improve the regulatory regime and secure a more prominent position for Indian professionals in global markets.

Professional services is a key sub-sector in the services economy, accounting for nearly a quarter of India's total services exports, NITI Aayog said in a press release. These services enable efficient delivery of downstream services, support job creation and remittance inflows, and form the backbone of the services value chain. "Understanding the regulatory ecosystem governing these services is therefore critical to unlocking further growth," the release said.

The think-tank highlighted the need for a well-designed regulatory ecosystem, which could further strengthen service exports, cross-border mobility of professionals, and ease of doing business. The report also provides an indicative pathway for future policy dialogue and deeper examination of the regulatory foundations of professional services.  End

Reported by Shweta

Edited by Avishek Dutta

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