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A group of six to seven armed robbers allegedly held a family hostage in Kalka in the wee hours of Monday, assaulted the members and injured one of them, before they decamped with Rs 20,000 and jewellery.

According to police officials, around 3 am, the gang of robbers entered the house of Bachan Singh, a retired government employee, at Bharat Nagar in Kalka, and held guns and knives at the family members. The jewellery that was looted were gold rings, bangles and bracelets, police said. Official added that when the family members raised an alarm, they fired a gunshot in the air.

The police have launched a manhunt for the accused. Panchkula-Ambala range commissioner of police and a special team of Crime Investigation Agency (CIA) have been asked to carry out investigation. "It seems the handiwork of some local people. I have asked the CIA team to probe the case,'' he said.

According to police officials, the miscreants, who were masked, managed to loot the valuables in 30 minutes. Police officials added that the robbers assaulted Bachan Singh's wife, after she refused to hand over the keys of the drawer in which the jewellery was kept. "As she raised an alarm, her son, Deepinder Singh, tried to resist the robbers. In the scuffle, he sustained injuries on his hand and thigh. After the thieves managed to take away the valuables, Deepinder followed them outside. But, the accused fired a shot in the air before fleeing," police said.

Officials added that the robbers had come on foot. At the time of the incident, besides Bachan Singh, his wife and son and daughter-in-law were present, a senior police official said.

Gujarat, which accounts for about a quarter of India's total exports, is mulling a five-year export policy to focus on value-added exports in sectors such as textiles, agriculture and dairy.

The move by the top exporting state in the country comes on the back of sagging efforts by the centre to boost dwindling exports.

The first state in the country to have an export policy, Gujarat plans to increase the share of exports from the state from 25% to 30% in five years.

As a precursor to the policy, the Federation of Indian Exports Organization undertook a study for Gujarat on the state's export competitiveness and identified sectors with export potential.

"We are working on improving exports from the state and will take steps to increase the share to 35% of total India's exports by 2020," said a state government official.

The government may announce incentives ranging from exemption from value-added tax (VAT) in some sectors to focus market scheme and focus product scheme to offset high freight cost and other externalities to select international markets and promote products with high-export intensity.

India's overall exports declined by 1.76% in 2012-13 to $300.6 billion, as demand in the US and the EU subsided on slowing economy. Following this the centre announced a series of incentives in the annual supplement of the foreign trade policy. "Centre's policies cannot be so specific, whereas the state policies are made as per the needs of the state. So you need such simultaneous policies," said Manoj Pant, professor, JNU.

As of now, it has been supplying domestic and international markets with raw materials but with proper R&D and focused investments, Gujarat should introduce high value-added products of global standards. Only a quarter of export units have an export house or upward status for special benefits, the FIEO study noted.