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The Gazette of India

EXTRAORDINARY

PART I—Section I

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

No. 215] NEW DELHI, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1973/BHADRA 24, 1895

Separate Paging is given to this Part in order that it may be filed as a separate compilation

MINISTRY OF INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT

New Delhi, the 15th. September 1973

RESOLUTION

CEMENT PRICES

No, 1-23/73-Cem,—The last enquiry by the Tariff Commission into the price structure of the cement industry was in 1961. The Commission's recommendations made in its report (1981) were accepted by Government with certain modifications by their Resolution dated the 31st October, 1961.

2. Since the above enquiry, there have been significant changes in the circums- tances of the Industry. In April, 1972, Government of India accordingly requested the Tariff Commission under Section 12(d) of the Tariff Commission Act, 1951 to undertake urgently a comprehensive review of the cement industry and to re- commend fair ex-works prices payable to the producers. The basic objective of the review was to ensure the development of the cement industry in a measure and in a manner that would enable the requirements (including exports) to be met adequately at a minimum cost to the economy. The Government of India had also suggested that the Commission might make recommendations of an interim nature pending submission of its final report,

3. Based on the costing of certain selected units and pending the final recom-mendations, the Tariff Commission has come to the conclusion that some interim relief should be provided immediately and has accordingly recommended a price increase of (Rs. 10 per tonne in the case of all the producers over the present price applicable to them, (1265)

ORDER

Ordered that a copy of the Resolution be communicated to all concerned and that it may be published in the Gazette of India.

A. N. BANERJEE, Spl. Sivy.