First Time Exporter in India: Complete Checklist & Requirements (2025) | SJ Global Consulting SJ Global Consulting EXIM HR POSH About Book a Call EXIM Guide · First-Time Exporters Your First Export from India: What You Must Get Right By Shilpi Jain · April 2025 · 12 min read "The product is ready. The buyer is asking. But no one told me what the first step was." — This is what I hear most often from first-time exporters in India. India's artisans, handicraft makers, manufacturers, and SME founders have always had product quality. What slows down the first shipment is almost never the product — it is the paperwork, the registrations, the compliance foundation that nobody explains clearly. This guide covers everything a first-time exporter in India needs...
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POSH Compliance in India: What Happens When You Get It Wrong | SJ Global Consulting
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POSH Compliance in India: What Happens When You Get It Wrong | SJ Global Consulting HR Compliance POSH Advisory 7 min read April 2026 Delhi NCR POSH Compliance in India: What Happens When You Get It Wrong IC not constituted correctly. Annual report never filed. A complaint arrives with no process in place. Three real POSH compliance failures every Indian employer must know — and what to fix before it is too late. SJ Shilpi Jain Principal Consultant, SJ Global Consulting · Delhi NCR The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 — the POSH Act — has been in force for over a decade. And yet, in 2026, a significant number of Indian organisations remain either fully non-compliant or technically compliant on paper with no working structure underneath. The most common...
When the Rules Change Mid-Shipment | SJ Global Consulting
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When the Rules Change Mid-Shipment: Import Compliance, QCO, and Payment Term Mistakes Indian Businesses Must Avoid | SJ Global Consulting EXIM Advisory Import Compliance · Trade Risk 8 min read April 2026 When the Rules Change Mid-Shipment A regulation changed. A shipment was stuck. A business lost ₹15 lakh on the wrong payment term. Three real cases every Indian importer and exporter must read before their next shipment moves. SJ Shilpi Jain Principal Consultant, SJ Global Consulting · Delhi NCR Three stories. Three different mistakes. One common thread: the rules changed, and the shipment didn't know that. In EXIM trade, the most dangerous assumption is that what worked last time will work this time. Regulations are updated. Certifications become mandatory overnight. Payment terms that feel safe can unravel co...
RoDTEP Scheme for Indian Exporters: Rates, Eligibility & How to Claim in 2026 | SJ Global Consulting
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RoDTEP Scheme for Indian Exporters: Rates, Eligibility & How to Claim in 2026 | SJ Global Consulting 📅 April 7, 2026 ✍️ Shilpi Jain, SJ Global Consulting 🏷️ EXIM Compliance · Export Schemes · DGFT RoDTEP Scheme for Indian Exporters: Rates, Eligibility & How to Claim in 2026 Most SME exporters I speak with either don't know their RoDTEP rate, or they know the scheme exists but have never checked whether their HS code is on the eligible list. The result: money that was legitimately theirs, unclaimed, shipment after shipment. RoDTEP is not an additional incentive — it is a reimbursement of taxes you have already paid in your supply chain. Not claiming it doesn't save paperwork. It just means you've absorbed a cost the government was prepared to return. This post covers what RoDTEP actually reimburses, how to check your rate, the eligibility conditions, and the filing mistake that permanently forecloses your cl...