REGISTERED No. D- 28
of Andia The Gazette
EXTRAORDINARY
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
NEW DELHI , MONDAY , FEBRUARY 28 , 1949
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF COMMERCE
RESOLUTION
New Delhi , the 28th February , 1949 .
No. 20 ( 2 ) -T.B./48 . In their Resolution in the Department of Comtaerce No. 218 - T (48 )/ 47 , dated the 27th April , 1947 , the Government of India referred to the Tariff Bourd a claim to protection received from the bobbins industry . The Board , having considered this claim , has submitted its report to Government . Its main recommendations are as follows : -
"(1) So long as the licensing of imports of bobbins is continued for balance of payments considerations , the desirability of maintain- ing and expanding tho indigenous production of the article should be kept in view and the quantum of imports should be regu'ated accordingly .
(2) The existing restrictions on the import of cotton mill and jute mill bobbins should cover spare parts of jute mill bobbins as well .
(3) The Annual Statement of the Seaborne Trade should record separately the numbers of ( i ) jute mill bobbins and parts , ( ii ) cotton mill bobbins and parts , and ( iii) bobbins required for woollen , silk and rayon mills .
should (4) The manufacturers of bobbins should take ear'y steps to equip their units with modern machinery and tools . Government give them facilities to import such machinery and too's .
(5) The present facilities for the supply of the three types of timber to the bobbin manufacturers viz . haldu , kalam and mango should be enlarged. Government should arrange to have adequate tests carried out regarding the suitability of different kinds of timber for the manufacture of bobbins and secure the co - operation of textile mills for this purpose.
(6) So long as import restrictions on timber continue for balance of pay- ments consideration imports of foreign timber for the manufac- ture of bobbins should be permitted only to the extent necessary to supplement the supply of indigenous timber and that all applications for permits to import timber for this purpose should be scrutinised before such permits are issued .
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(7) The two Sub- Committees recently appointed by the Indian Standards Institution to evolve standard specifications for jute mill bobbins and cotton mill bobbius respectively , should be required to expe- dite their work .
(8) Pending adoption of standard specifications , Government should appoint two timber experts , one from the Director General of industry and Supply and another from the Forest Research Institute , Dehra Dun ,to carry out a rapid survey of the industry and draw up a list of factories which are suitably equipped to produce quality bobbins . Such factories may be called ' approved" factories .
(9 ) The juto and cotton mill industries should buy their requirements of bobbins , as far as available , from " approved " factories . "
2. As regards recommendations (1) and ( 6) they will be given due consider- ation in the administration of the policy regarding imports , and in the revision of that policy from time to time , tor so long as import control is necessitated by exchange considerations . So far as recommendation ( 2) is concerned , the existing import restrictions on bobbins cover spare parts of jute mill bobbins as wel' .
3. Government accept recommendations (3 ) and (7) and necessary action will be taken to implement them . Recommendations (5 ) , (8 ) and ( 9) are under active consideration in the Ministries of 1. & S. and Agriculture .
4. The Governtinent of India wish to draw the attention of the industry to recommendation ( 4) contained in paragraph 1 of this Resolution and expect the industry to take necessary steps to implement it : Government will grant all reasonable facilities in this regard when approached by the industry.
ORDER
ORDERED that a copy of this Resolution be communicated to all Proviu- cial Governments , all Chief Commissioners , Ministry of External Affairs (External Affairs Wing) , Ministry of External Affairs (Commonwealth Rela- tions Wing ) , and the several Ministries of the Government of India , Prime Minister's Secretariat . Cabinet Sectt . , the Private and Military Secretaries to His Excellency the Governor- General , the Central Board of Revenue , the Auditor General , the Director General of Employment and Resettlement , the Director General . Industry and Supply, the High Commissioners for India in London , Colombo , Ottawa , Karachi and Canberra ; the Indian Ambassadors at Nanking , Moscow . Tehran . Kathmandu . Rangoon , Cairo , Kabul . Ankara , Washington , Prague , and Rio de Janerio; Charge d ' Affaires of India in Paris and Brussels; Envoys Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary of India, Bangkok and Berne ; Consuls General for India in Batavia ; Buenos Aires , Shanghai , Pondicherry , Saigon , Kashgir , New York and San Francisco ; The Deputy High Commissioner for India in Lahore , London and Dacca ; The Secretary to the High Commissioner for India in the Union of South Africa , Johanesburg ; Agents of the Government of India in Kanday and Kuala Lumpar; Consuls for India at Saigon , Goa and Jedda ; Vice Consuls for India at Medan and Zehedan : The Indian Positical Officer , Sikkim ; The Represen tative of the Government of India in Singapur ; The Commissioners for the Government of India in Trinidad , Nairobi , Mauritius and Fiji , Head of the Indian Liaison Mission , Tokyo ; Head of the Military Mission , Berlin ; Indian Government Trade Commissioners in Toronto , Sydney , Mombassa, Colombo , Paris and Karachi ; Assistant Indian Government Trade Commissioner , Dacca;
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Commercial Adviser to the High Commissioner in U.K. , London ; Commercial Secretaries to the Indian Embassies at Alexandria , Rio De Janerio , Rangoon , Tehra and Kabul ; Commissioner Genera' for Commercial and Economic Affairs in Europe , Paris ; His Majesty's Senior Trade Commissioner in India; United Stater Embassy , New Delhi ; The Canadian Trade Commissioner in India; The Australian Trade Commissioner in India ; The Norwegian Consul General , Bombay ; The High Commissioner for Pakistan in India , New Delhi ; The Directors of Industries of Saurashtra Union , Rajkot ; the Union State of Matsya , Alwar ; the United State of Vindhya Pradesh , Rewa; the United State of Rajasthan , Udaipur , Gwaliar , Indore , Malwa Union , Gwaliar , Patiu a and East Punjab States Union , Patiala ; Editor , Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research , P - Block , Raisina Road , New Delhi , Indian Consul of Agriculture Research ; Indian Standard Institution , De'hi ; Free India Bervice , Tamrind House , Tamrind Lane , Fort Bombay ; The Economic Adviser to the Government of India ; Economic Adviser to the Rajasthan Union ; The Director General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics , Calcutta; Secretary , Indian Tariff Board , Bombay ; The Secretary , Industrial Finance Corporation of India , New Delhi ; and All recognised Chambers of Commerce and Trade Associations . The
ORDERED that a copy be communicated to the Government of Burma . ORDERED also that it be published in the Gazette of India.
S. RANGANATHAN ,
Joint Secretary .
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