New Delhi - Expressing optimism over India’s export growth, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has said that the country's merchandise and services exports will cross $825 billion despite global challenges. Last year, the exports were $778 billion. He also said that there are plans to open offices in different countries, including Singapore, Dubai, Saudi Arabia, possibly one in New York, Silicon Valley, and Zurich, as part of the Indian government's outreach programme to handhold foreign investors.

He said the plan is that through these offices, a person sitting anywhere in the . . .