REGISTERED No. D. 221
The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 357] NEW DELHI, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 38, 1970/ASVINA 6, 1892
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MINISTRY OF FOOD, AGRICULTURE, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND
COOPERATION
(Department of Food)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 28th September 1970
S.O. 3180.—Whereas the Central Government is of opinion that the working of the sugar industry, and the various problems relating thereto require a detailed and comprehensive examination, particularly in the context of the demand for nationalisation of the said industry;
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 3 of the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1952 (60 of 1952), the Central Government hereby appoints a Commission of Inquiry consisting of the following person, namely:—
Chairman
1. Shri Deep Narain Sinha, retired Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court.
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2. Shri J. C. Dikshit, General Secretary, Indian National Trade Union
Congress, U.P. Branch.
3. Shrl B. N. Khosla, Industrial Consultant, Greater Kailash, New Delhi.
4. Dr. Dharam Narain, Chairman, Agricultural Prices Commission.
Member (ex-offlcio)
8, Director, National Sugar Institute, Kanpur.
Members
6. Shrl Vaeantrao Patil, Chairman, Maharashtra State Cooperative Bank.
7. Shri Fazulur Rehaman, M.L.C. Bihar.
8. Lala Bansi Dhar, Vice-President, Indian Sugar Mills Association.
9. Shri A. C. fiose, retired Joint Secretary to the Government of India, , Department of Company Affairs.
Member-Secretary
10- Shri R. H. Chisti, I.A.S. (Retired) 4, Secretariat Bungalow, Mall Avenus, Lucknow
2. The Chairman and the Secretary shall be whole-time members and the other members shall be part-time members of the Commission.
3. The terms of reference to the Commission shall be as follows:—
(I) to study the working of the sugar industry in India in all its aspects, with particular reference to its performance during the last ten years and the condition of the plant and machinery in different sugar mills;
(ii) to Indentify the inadequacies in the performance of the sugar Industry and the causes thereof;
(Hi) to study In detail the causes for the existence of a large number of sick sugar mills;
(iv) to study the progress and the working of sugar mills In the co-operative sector;
(v) to make suggestions, in the light of such studies, for a rational and efficient organisation of the sugar Industry In different parts of the country, In order to Improve Its working and performance, and to suggest measures for solving the problem of sick sugar mills, in the context of the demand for nationalisation of the sugar industry;
(vl) to study the relationship between sugarcane suppliers and the owners of sugar mills, with particular reference to the supply of cane and the payment of cane price and to make suggestions for improvement In the present law? and practices in this behalf;
(vil) to study the problem of large fluctuations in sugarcane production and its processing into gur, khandsari and sugar and to make suggestions for securing stable conditions with a view to achieving a balanced development in these fields; and
(viii) in the light of the foregoing studies, to suggest a blue-print for the development of the sugar and allied industries over a period of the next ten to fifteen years.
4. The Headquarters of the Commission shall be in New Delhi.
5. The Commission shall hold Its inquiry and submit its report to the Central Government by the 31st August, 1971. It may, if it deems fit, submit an interim ieport(s) on any specific problem(s).
[No. F. 12-2/69-Sugar.] K. P. MATHRANI, Secy.
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