Services Export Promotion Council

The Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India, with a view to give proper direction, guidance and encouragement to the Services Sector set up an exclusive Export Promotion Council for Services in the name of Services Export Promotion Council (SEPC). The Council since its inception in 2006 has been instrumental in facilitating exports of services. SEPC has following broad roles and responsibilities:

To create business opportunities for the services exporters-aspiring ones and the existing ones.
To act as a platform between Government and Industry in order to provide policy inputs, take up issues of industry, provide insight on global markets (existing and emerging) in terms of opportunities, challenges and regulatory frameworks.
To facilitate exports by formulating business enablers like incentives and designing suitable market oriented promotional events and activities.
To provide various grants and schemes announced by Ministry of Commerce, related line Ministries and State Governments.

As SEPC member your organisation will have opportunities to:

The Council since its inception in 2006 has been instrumental in facilitating exports of services through the following services:

01 Trade Intelligence:

Trade Information, Market Analysis, Business Contacts, Business Opportunities and Market Access Conditions

02 Export Development:

Export Readiness, Training and Counselling, Strategy Formulation and Development, Value Chain Optimization

03 Export Promotion:

Exhibitions, Buyer Seller Meet, Business Delegations to overseas markets, Brand Campaign for India’s Services Sector

04 Enabling Business Environment:

Policy inputs to Ministries, Facilitating Cross Border Trade, Policy Advocacy, Facilitating implementation of various export promotion schemes

New Membership Registration Fees

SEPC is committed to support services exporters and accordingly, this is to inform you that SEPC is waiving off the onetime admission fees in regard to new membership registration (RCMC) for FY 2024-25. The revised fees details for new RCMC as below:

S.No.	Membership category	Existing membership fee	Revised membership fee / offer fees
1	Individual Ordinary Members (Proprietorship/Partnership)	Rs. 7,500 as annual membership fee + Rs. 1350 (GST 18%) Rs. 5,000 as one-time admission fee + Rs. 900 (GST 18%) = Total Rs. 14,750/-	Rs. 7,500 as annual membership fee + Rs. 1350 (GST 18%) = Total Rs. 8850/-
2	Institutional/Corporate Members (All Pvt. Ltd. or Public Limited Companies, Associations, Institutions etc.)	Rs. 20,000 as annual membership fee+ Rs. 3600 (GST 18%) Rs. 15,000 as one-time admission fee + Rs. 2700 (GST 18%) = Total Rs. 41,300/-	Rs. 20,000 as annual membership fee + Rs. 3600 (GST 18%) = Total Rs. 23600/-

Membership Renewal Fees

S.No.	Membership categories	Fees as per financial year
1	Individual Ordinary Members (Proprietorship/Partnership/LLP)	Rs. 8850/-Membership renewal fee.(Including 18% GST)
2	Institutional/Corporate Members (All Pvt. Ltd. or Public Limited Companies, Associations, Institutions, Trust etc.)	Rs. 23600/-Membership renewal fee.(Including 18% GST)

SEPC covers the following services sectors including 12 Champion Services Sectors.

S.No	SEPC Services	Champion Services
1	Hotel and Tourism related Services	Tourism and Hospitality Services
2	Healthcare services including services by nurses, physiotherapists and paramedical personnel	Medical Value Travel Services
3	Maritime Transport Services	Transport and Logistics Services
4	Accounting/Auditing and bookkeeping services	Accounting and Finance Services
5	Entertainment services including Audio-Visual Services	Audio – Visual Services
6	Legal Services	Legal Services
7	Architectural Services and related services	Construction and Related Engineering Services
8	Environmental Services	Environmental Services
9	Others Services	Information Technology & Information Technology Enabled Services
10		Communication Services
11		Financial Services
12	Educational Services	Educational Services
13	Consultancy Services
14	Distribution Services
15	Advertising Services
16	Marketing Research and Public Opinion Polling Services/Management Services
17	Printing and Publishing Services

How to become a member?

Applicant has to fulfil a very minimum documentary requirement for new membership registration as details below:

Fill online membership registration application form http://portal1.servicesepc.org/
Require to upload a self-certified copy of board resolution or power of attorney in case of signing authority is not mentioned in online IEC.
Require to upload a self-certified copy of Format -A (last three FYs foreign exchange earning details) duly self-certified and certified by CA with a sign, stamp, UDIN and membership number of CA.
Membership registration fees for new membership registration are as below:

S.No.	Membership category	Membership registration fee (Per financial year)
1	Life Members	Rs. 5,90,000/- (Including GST 18%)
2	Individual Ordinary Members (Proprietorship/Partnership)	Rs. 14,750/- (Including Rs. 7,500 as annual membership fee + Rs. 5,000 as one-time admission fee + GST 18%) (Onetime admission fee under “STARTUP” scheme is not applicable)
3	Institutional/Corporate Members (All Pvt. Ltd. or Public Limited Companies, Associations, Institutions etc.)	Rs. 41,300/- (Including Rs. 20000 as annual membership fee + Rs. 15,000 as one-time admission fee + GST 18%) (Onetime admission fee under “STARTUP” scheme is not applicable)

Services Export Promotion Council

As SEPC member your organisation will have opportunities to:

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Trade Intelligence:

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Export Development:

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Export Promotion:

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Enabling Business Environment:

New Membership Registration Fees

Membership Renewal Fees

SEPC covers the following services sectors including 12 Champion Services Sectors.

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