Govt Sets Up 22 Member Inter-Ministerial
Committee to Strengthen the Capital Goods Sector
The government has set up a 22-member inter-ministerial
committee in strengthening the Capital Goods(CG) Sector through interventions that
help the CG Sector in contributing more actively in the national goal of achieving
a USD 5 trillion economy and a USD 1 trillion manufacturing sector on 11
November 2020.
Informing about the same, Minister for Heavy Industries
and Public Enterprises, Prakash Javadekar expressed happiness
and said in a tweet message that the committee will work out ways and means to make
the capital goods sector globally competitive and to become the manufacturing hub
for the world.
Initiatives in the Capital Goods Sector require
in depth consultations and deliberations with all concerned Ministries / Departments
on regular basis. It is in this light proposed an Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC)
is being constituted with representation from all the concerned Ministries / Departments
dealing with the CG sector and using CG machinery to regularly meet and deliberate
to address the issues and bottleneck pertaining to the sector. The IMC will help
DHI in taking a holistic view for all the issues pertaining to the CG Sector.
The Committee will look into on all such issues
pertaining to the Capital Goods Sector including technology development, mother
technology development, global value chains, testing, skill training, global standards,
reciprocity issues, custom duties to make this sector globally
competitive and to become the manufacturing hub for the world. Any other relevant
issue pertaining to the Capital Goods sector may also be brought before the Committee
with the prior approval of the Chairman.
The Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) under the
chairmanship of Secretary, DHI with representation at sufficiently senior level
officers from the concerned Ministries/Departments is proposed to meet quarterly.
Any other Department or expert as required may be invited by the chair.
The constitution of the IMC for capital Goods Sector
will be as follows:
|
Sr. No. |
Name of Ministry/Department/Organization |
Chairman/Member/Member Secretary |
|
1. |
Secretary, DHI |
Chairman |
|
2. |
Joint Secretary in DHI (in charge of the CG Sector i.e. Heavy
Engineering and Machine Tools Division) |
Member Secretary |
|
3. |
Joint Secretary, DHI (Heavy Electricals Industry/Auto
Divisions? |
Member |
|
4. |
Adviser (Industries), NITI Aayog |
Member |
|
5. |
Director General, BIS |
Member |
|
6. |
CEO, NSDC |
Member |
|
7. |
Joint Secretary, Department of Revenue, North Block |
Member |
|
8. |
Joint Secretary, Department of Commerce |
Member |
|
9. |
Joint Secretary, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion |
Member |
|
10. |
Joint Secretary, MIETY |
Member |
|
11. |
Joint Secretary, MSME |
Member |
|
12. |
Joint Secretary, Department of Chemical and Petrochemical |
Member |
|
13. |
Joint Secretary, Ministry of Mines |
Member |
|
14. |
Joint
Secretary, Ministry of Coal |
Member |
|
15. |
Joint
Secretary, Ministry of Textile |
Member |
|
16. |
Joint
Secretary, MoRTH |
Member |
|
17. |
Joint
Secretary, Ministry of Steel |
Member |
|
18. |
Joint
Secretary, Ministry of Food Processing |
Member |
|
19. |
Joint
Secretary, Department of Fertilizer |
Member |
|
20. |
Joint
Secretary, Ministry of Power |
Member |
|
21. |
Joint
Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas |
Member |
|
22. |
DDG,
DGFT |
Member |