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The Gazette of India

EXTRAORDINARY

PART I—Section 1

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

No. 7] NEW DELHI, MONDAY, JANUARY 9, 1967/PAUSA 19, 1888

Separate paging is given to this Part in order that it may be filed

as a separate compilation.

MINISTRY OF COMMERCE

RESOLUTION

New Delhi, the 9th January 1967

No. F. 28(63)-Plant(A)/66.—Having regard to the important place that tea occupies In the National Economy, the Government of India have decided to set up a Committee for undertaking a comprehensive review of the economic condi- tions and problems of this Industry, In all its aspects, and, (bearing In mind the reports of the Plantation Enquiry Commission and the Tea Finance Committee), to make recommendations regarding the measures required to be taken lor its appropriate development on the right lines, during the Fourth Plan Period. In particular, the Committee shall look Into—

(a) the question of devising ways and means for the quantitative as well as qualitative increase in production, (such as, through expansion of acreage and improvement of yields per hectare) to levels required to meet the rising demand for consumption whether at home or abroad,(b) the urgent problems of marketing, financing and research that are facing the Industry and which may be standing in the way of its appropriate development, and ( 1 3)

,2. The Committee shall consist of the following members:—

Chairman

1. Shri P. C. Borooah, M.P. Member, Lok Sabha.

Members

2. Shri Khandubhal Desai, MP. Member, Rajya Sabha.

3. Shri B. C. Ghose, Indian Tea Planters' Association, Jalpaigurl, West Bengal.

4. Shri M. R. M. Punja, President, United Planters' Association of Southern India, Coonoor, Nllglris.

0. Mr. Donald Wallace, Vice Chairman, Indian Tea Association, Calcutta.

6. Dr. B. P. Pal, Director General and Vice President, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi.

7. Dr. O. P. Gautam, Deputy Director General, Indian Council of Agricul- tural Research, New Delhi.

8. Shri P. K. Kanoria, Vice Chairman, Tea Research Association, Calcutta.

9. Shri V. V. Parekh, Messrs. J. Thomas & Co., Pvt Ltd., Calcutta.

10. Shri B. K. Dutta, Managing Director, United Bank of India Ltd., 4, Clive Ghat Street, Calcutta.

11. Shri Bhagwan Singh, Chairman, Tea Board, Calcutta.

Member-Secretary

12. Shri S. Banerjee, Deputy Secretary to the Govt. of India, Ministry of Commerce, New Delhi.

3. The Committee shall have powers to co-opt other members. The Com- mittee may meet at Calcutta or at any other place in the country,

4. The Committee shall submit its rcpprt to Government as early as possible and In any case not later than three months from the date of its appointment.

ORDER

Ordered that the Resolution be published in the Gazette of India.

R. S. TALWAR, Jt. Secy.