REGISTERED No ...D-28
The Gazette
of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
NEW DELHI , WEDNESDAY , APRIL 20 , 1949
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA .
MINISTRY OF COMMERCE
RESOLUTION
TARIFFS
New Delhi , the 20th April , 1949 .
No. 34 -T (37) / 48 . In their Resolution No. 1 (8) -44 ( 13) / 48 , dated 6th April 1948 the Gov ment of India announced , amongst other things , that the Tariff policy of Go ment will be designed to prevent unfair foreign competition and to promove the utilisation of India's resources without imposing unjusti- fiable burdens on the consumer . The implementation of this aspect of their Industrial Policy has been under consideration for some time . Having regard to the importance of the issues involved and the necessity to synthesise the needs of the divergent interests that are concerned , it has been decided that Fiscal Commission be appointed to enquire into this mat- ter in detail with the following terms of reference: a
(1 ) To examine , in consultation with all the interests concerned , the work- ing of the policy of the Government of India with regard to the protection of industries since 1922 when the last Fiscal Commission reported ; and
(2) To make recommendations us to
(a) the future policy which Government should adopt in regard to protec- tion to and assistance of industries , and the treatment and obliga- tions , of the industries which may be protected or assisted ;
(b) the machinery required to implement such policy, and
(c) any other matter having a direct bearing on the effective implemen- tation of this policy .
(3) In considering these issues the Commission will be free to distinguish between short and long term aspects of the problem and also advise in the light of the country's requirements , how far it would be desirable to undertake international obligations of the kind involved in the General Agreement Tariffs and Trade or the Charter of the International Trade Organisation .
2. The Commission will consist of-
Chairman
Shri V. T. Krishnamachari ,
Members
(1) Dr. B. N. Ganguli ,
(2) Shri B. M. Birla ,
(3) Shri Ananthasayanam Ayyangar , M.C.A. ,
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(4) Chaudhry Mukhtar Singh ,
(5) Shri Khaudubhai Desai , M.C.A. ,
(6) Mr. D. L. Mazumdar (Member - Secretary) .
Government may appoint further members to the Commission as and when necessary .
3. The Commission is accordingly requested to undertake the necessary enquiries and make its recommendations as expeditiously as possible .
1. The headquarters of the Commission will be at New Delhi and it may visit such places as it may think it necessary for the purpose of this enquiry . The Government of India trust that Provincial Governments and Administra- tions , firms , Institutions , Associations and persons who are interested or know- ledgeable in subjects coming under the enquiry will afford the Commission all the assistance that it may require and will comply with any request for infor- mation that may be made.
ORDER
ORDERED that a copy of this Resolution be communicatedto all Provin- cial Governments ; all Chiof Commissioners ; Ministry of External Affairs (Ex- ternal Affairs Wing ) ; Ministry of External Affairs ( Commonwealth Relations Wing) , and the several Ministries of the Government of India; Prime Minis- ter's Secretariat ; Cabinet Scctt .; the Private and Military Secreturies 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 Commissioner 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 , Bankok , and Berne ; Consuls General for India in Batavia, Buenos Aires , Shanghai , Pondi- chery , Saigon , Kashgir, New York , and San Francisco; the Deputy High Com- missioner for India in Lahore . London and Dacca ; The Secretary to the High Commissioner for India in the Union of South Africa , Johanseburg ; Agents of the Government of India in Kanday and Kuela Lumpat ; Consuls for India at Saigon , Goa , and Jedda ; Vice Consuls for India at Medan and Zehedan; The Indian Political Officer , Sikkim ; The Representative of the Government of India in Singapur ; The Commissioners for the Government of India in Tri- ridad , Nairobi , Mauritius , and Fiji ; Head of the Indian Liaison Mission , Tokyo ; Head of the Military Mission , Berlin; Indian Government Trade Com nissioners in Toronto , Sydney , Mombassa , Colombo , Paris and Karachi ; Assis- tani Indian Government Trade Commissioner , Dacca ; Commercial Adviser to the High Commissioner in U.K. , London ; Commercial Secretaries to the Indian Embassies at Alexandria , Rio De Janerio , Rangoon , Tehran and Kabul ; Com- missioner General for Commercial and Economic Affairs in Europe , Paris ; His Majesty's Senior Trade Commissioner in India ; United States Embassy , New Delhi : The Canadian Trade Commissioner in India; The Australian Trade Com- missioner in India ; The Norwegian Consul General , Bombay ; The High Com- missioner for Pakistan in India , New Delhi ; The Directors of Industries of Saurashtra Union, Rajkot ; the Union State of Matsya , Always ; the United State of Vindhye Pradesh . Rewa: the United State of Rajasthan , Udai- pur; Gwalior , Indore , Malwa Union . Gwaliar . Patiala and East Punjab States Union , Patiala : Editor , Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research , P - Block , 678 GAZETTE OF INDIA, EXTRAORDINARY , APRIL 20 , 1049
Raisina Road , New Delhi ; Indian Consul of Agriculture Research ; Indian Stan- dard Institution , Delhi : Free India Service , Tamrind House , Tamrind Lane , Fort Bombay ; The Economic Adviser to the Government of India ; Economic Adviser to the Rajasthan Union ; The Director General of Commer cial Intelligence and Statistics , Calcutta ; The Secretary , Indian Tariff Board, Bombay; The Secretary , Industrial Finance Corporation of India New Delhi and All recognised Chambers of Commerce and Trade Associations .
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 Secy,
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