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India Trade Promotion Organisation
ITPO, the premier trade promotion agency of the Ministry of Commerce & Industry. Govt of India is committed to showcase excellence achieved by the country in diverse fields especially trade and commerce.

ITPO provides a wide spectrum of services to trade &industry and act as a catalyst for growth of India's trade. ITPO approves holding of international trade fairs in India and regulates holding of various expositions in India primarily to avoid any duplication of efforts while ensuring proper timing.

It manages India's world class exhibition complex which is constantly upgraded to keep it in a high standard of readiness. Spread over 149 acres of prime land in the heart of India's capital, New Delhi, Pragati Maidan offers about 61,290 sq.meters of covered exhibition spacein 16 halls besides 10,000 sq. meters of open display area. The state -of-the-art exhibition halls have enhanced the appeal of Pragati Maidan as the ideal center for an increasing number of fair organisers and business visitors from different parts of the world.

ITPO has an extensive infrastructure as well as marketing and information facilities that are availed both by exporters and importers. ITPO's overseas offices assist buyers seeking information relating to sourcing products from India.

ITPO's overseas offices at New York, Frankfurt, Tokyo, Moscow and Sao Paulo are pursuing opportunities for enhancement of India's trade and investment.

Similarly, ITPO's Regional offices at Bangalore,Chennai, Kolkata and Mumbai,through their respective profile of activities, ensure a concerted and well coordinated trade promotion drive throughout the country.

Significantly, ITPO has successfully completed the first phase of setting up of a modern exhibition facility outside Delhi following the commissioning of the state-of-the -art Chennai Trade Centre (CTC) on January 31' 2001

Managed by Tamil Nadu Trade Promotion Organsation(TNTPO) a subsidiary of ITPO jointly set up with the Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation, the CTC addresses a long felt need for a permanent and modern exhibition venue in the State which has emerged as a hub of trade related activities.

Similar joint initiative of ITPO and the Karnataka State Industrial Area Development Board is expected to fructify as a regional exhibition complex at Whitefield,Bangalore soon. Yet another initative has been taken up jointly with West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation and the Kolkata Municipal Corporation at Kolkata,near ITC Sonar Bangla, a super luxury Hotel where the foundation stone of the Kolkata Trade Centre was recently laid.