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THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY

[PART I—SEC. 1],

MINISTRY OF COMMERCE

RESOLUTION

New Delhi, the 17th February, 1978

Subject :•—Central Advisory Council on Trade—Consti-

tution of.

INo. l5(l)/78-EAC.—Under Resolution No. 6/8/75-AD.C.

dated the 25th September, 1976, ihe Government in (he Minis-

try of Commerce had reconstituted the Board of Trade with

effect from 1st October, 1976, and under Resolution No. 1/2/

76-A.D.C, dated the 22nd January, 1977, the Government had

icconstituted the Advisory Council on Trade for a tenure of

two years with e/fect from 1st January 1977.

It has now

been decided that the

Board of Trade

and the

Advisory

Council on Trade should be abolished and in their place a

compact body known as the Central Advisory

Council

Trade consisting of representatives from different organisations,

and individuals with business standing and expertise in

the

field of commerce should be constituted. Accordingly, lie

new Central Advisory Council on Trade has been constituted

with effect from 15th February, 1978.

2. The terms of reference, constitution, etc. of the Central

Advisory Council on Trade will be as under : ~

Terms of Reference

The Central Advisory Council on Trade will advise the

Government on matters relating to ;

(i) export and import policy and programmes ;

(ii) the operation of import and export trade controls ;

(iii) ornanisation and development of commercial

ser-

vices ; and

(iv) organisation and expansion of export production.

Constitution

3. The

Central

Advisory

Council will consist of

members as shown in the Schedule annexed. It will be presid-

ed over by the Minister of Commerce as Chairman and, in

his absence, by the Minister of State for Commerce as Vice-

Chairman. The members of the Council will hold office for

a period of two years with effect from 15th February, 1978.

4. The Council

will have

powers to co-opt

additional

members. The Chairman of the Council may also invite to "

the meetings of the Council such other persons as may

considered necessary from time to time.

5. The Headquarters of the Council will be in New Delhi

but it may meet at any other place in India.

6. The Council will ordinarily meet twice a year.

7. The Chief Controller of Imports and Exports will be the

Member-Secretary of the Council.

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SCHEDULE

Members of the Central Advisory Council on Trade

1. Minister of Commerce—Chairman.

2. Minister of State, Ministry of Commerce—Vice-Chair-

man.

3. Minister of State, Ministry of Civil Supplies.

4. Member, Planning Commission (Prof. Raj Krishna).

II. Members of Parliament :

5. *$&o Members of Parliament—Lok Sabha.

(These names will be notified later)

6. Ohe Member of Parliament—Rajya Sabha.

(This name will be notified later)

HI. Representatives of Central Financing Institutions :

7. Governor, Reserve Bank of India, Bombay.

8. Chairman,

Industrial

Development Bank of India,

Bombay.

IV. Representative of Commercial nnd Industrial Organisa-

tions—Ex.-Offldo :

9. President, Federation of Indian Chambers of

Com-

merce and Industry, New Delhi.

10. President, Associated Chamber of Commerce and In-

dustry of India, New Delhi.

11. President, All India

Manufacturers'

Organisation,

Bombay.

12. President, Indian Jute Mills Association, Calcutta.

13. President, Federation of Indian Export Organisations'.

New Delhi.

14. President, Federation of Associations of Small Indus-

tries of India, New Delhi.

15. Chairman, Indian Cotton Mills Federation, Bombay.

16. President, Association of Indian Engineering Industries,

Calcutta,

17. Chairman, Consultative Committee of Plantation Asso-

ciations, Calcutta.

18. President, India Drugs Manufacturers' Association,

Bombay.

19. President, Seafood

Exporters

Association of India,

Cochin.

20. President, All India Shippers' Council, New Delhi.

21. Chairman, Leather Export Promotion Council, Madras.

V, Other Non-offldn] Representatives :

22. Leading Labour leader (Shri Bagararn Tulpule) .

23. Eminent Economist (Prof. V. M. Dandekar,

Gokhale

Institute of Economics, Pune).

24. Director-General, National Council of Applied Econo-

mic Research, New Delhi (Ex-officjo).

25. Representative of State

Export

Organisation (Shrl

Malhuradas Mehta, Chairman, Oujarat Export Corpo-

ration, Ahmedabad).

26. Representative of a Leading

Export House (Shri B,

Nehru, Managing Directqr, Tata Exports, Bombay).

VI. Official Representatives (En-officio):

27. Secretary, Ministry of Commerce, New Delhi,

28. Special Secretary, Department of Textiles, Ministry of

Industrial Development.

29. Chief Controller of Imports and Exports

(Member-

Secretary).

P. K. KAUL, Addl. Secy.

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