The new Export promotion council would have headquarters in Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA), Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh.
Its regional offices will be in Visakhapatnam and Hyderabad.
It will be overseen by a committee of administration, which will have both nominated and elected members from the government and medical devices industry.
The EPC will help in the promotion of export of medical devices at the global market through various initiatives that ensure their promotion.
It will come under the aegis of the Department of Pharmaceuticals, Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
India had exported Rs 23,766 crore worth of medical devices in FY22.
This is an increase from the previous year’s figure of Rs 19,736 crore.