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Surya Narayanan, Regional Director visited Colombo on March 2016 and
established good rapport with Srilankan Jewellers Association and have got
the Srilankan Delegation to VOD Dubai and BSM organised by council at Delhi.
DELHI
1st April - Foreign Trade Policy for 2015-2020 was announced by Smt Nirmala
Sitharaman, Hon’ble Minister of State (IC) for Commerce & Industry which was
attended by Shri K.K.Duggal and Ms Archana Gautam.
16th April - A meeting was held under the Chairmanship of Shri Siddharth,
the then DGS&D to discuss the formation of National Council for Gems and
Jewellery Sector which was attended by Shri Pankaj Parekh, Shri Sabyasachi
Ray, Shri K.K.Duggal and Ms Archana Gautam
15th May - Shri K.K.Duggal had attended a meeting chaired by Shri Goel,
Additional Development Commissioner of Handicrafts for inclusion of Gems
and Jewellery Sector under Handicrafts.
5th June - A meeting was held under the Chairmanship of Ms Rupa Dutta,
Economic Adviser to discuss the skill uprgradation and developments in the
industry wherein representatives of GJSCI had made a detailed presentation
on the same which was attended by Shri K.K.Duggal and Ms Archana Gautam
19th June – Shri K.K.Duggal and Ms Archana Gautam had attended a meeting
held under the Chairmanship of DGFT to discuss the issues relating to doing
away with the licensing requirements of Gold Dore by actual users/refineries
26th June - A meeting was held under the Chairmanship of Shri J.K.Dadoo,
Additional Secretary & Financial Advisor to discuss the final list of items
under India’s Offer for Indo-Australia CECA. Shri K.K.Duggal and Ms Archana
Gautam had represented the views of the Council.
7th July - A meeting was held under the Chairmanship of Joint Secretary,
Ministry of Environment to discuss the usage of salt and mercury in
manufacturing jewellery for export purposes. Shri Pankaj Parekh and Shri
K.K.Duggal had attended the meeting.
8th July – Shri K.K.Duggal had a meeting with Shri Tejpal Singh, Additional
Director General of Export Promotion for issuance of customs notification on
IDI and IIDGR laboratories facilitating them to import diamonds duty free in the
country for certification/grading
19th August - A meeting was held with Shri Arvind Mehta, Additional Secretary,
DoC to discuss the grant of MAI for Indo-Pak and Indo-Bangladesh BSMs. In
the meeting, fresh proposal of Indo-SAARC was discussed and accepted by
the Territorial Division of DoC. Shri K.K.Duggal had represented the views of
the Council
9th September – Shri K.K.Duggal had a meeting with Shri Rajesh Kumar,
Director, North Block to discuss the issues of Presumptive Taxation and CA
Certificate
15th September - MAI Subcommittee meeting was held in the Department of
Commerce wherein grant of Rs 12.2 crores were recommended for proposals
of the Council. Shri K.K.Duggal and Shri Aanurag Dhoot had attended the
meeting.
8th October - A meeting was held with Commissioner- Customs and Additional
Commissioner- Customs , New Delhi at Regional Office –Delhi to discuss the
issue of EDI implementation at Jhandewalan. Shri Anil Sankhwal, Shri Atul Jain,
Shri K.K.Duggal and Shri Tarun Ray had attended the meeting.
3rd November - A meeting was held under the Chairmanship of Shri Ajay
Tyagi, Additional Secretary-DEA to discuss the preparations for launch of
Gold Monetization Scheme. Shri Balram Garg, Shri Sabyasachi Ray and Shri
K.K.Duggal had represented the views of the Council
5th November - Gold Monetization Scheme was launched by Hon’ble Prime
Minister of India in New Delhi. Shri P.S.Pandya, Shri Balram Garg, Shri
Sabyasachi Ray and Shri K.K.Duggal had attended the launch.
30th November - A meeting was held under the Chairmanship of Shri
D.K.Gupta, Special Director (I/c HO), Enforcement Directorate on 30th
November, 2015 at 3.00 pm on the Threat and Vulnerability Assessment for
DNFBPs for National Risk Assessment (NRA) exercise to assess the risks of
various sectors of economy. Shri Atul Jain, Shri K.K.Duggal and Ms Archana
Gautam had attended the meeting.
8th December - Shri K.K.Duggal had attended a meeting held under the
Chairmanship of Shri Guruprasad Mohapatra, Joint Secretary to discuss the
preparations for Make in India week scheduled to be held in February 2016
in Mumbai
11th February – A meeting was held with Shri Baruah, Customs (Epxort)
Commissioner to discuss the issue of implementation of EDI system at Delhi
port and request for appraisement of gems and jewellery consignments
at Jhandewalan port for participation in Indo-Pakistan Show. Request for
allowance of hand carriage of consignments through Wagah Border for the
Pakistan show was also agreed by the Customs. Shri Anil Sankhwal, Shri Rahul
Gupta, Shri K.K.Duggal and Ms Archana Gautam had attended the meeting
17th March – A meeting was held with the Customs Commissioner – Airport
to discuss the issue of appraisement of jewellery consignments at IGI Airport
which was agreed and accordingly Trade Notice and Standard Operating
Procedures was also issued. Shri Anil Sankhwal and Shri K.K.Duggal had
attended the meeting.
8th December - A meeting was held under the Chairmanship of Shri
Guruprasad Mohapatra, Joint Secretary to discuss the preparations for Make
in India week scheduled to be held in February 2016 in Mumbai kkd ag
KOLKATA
Mr. Shantanu Rajguru, Director, ER, visited the office of Airport Authority
of India and had a meeting with Joint General Manager, Cargo and Senior
Commandant, CISF, with regard to problems faced by the exporter members
of the region in connection with access of representatives of the exporters at
the airport during shipments.
Regular follow up with the office of DGCI & S Kolkata has been done in
connection of statistics compiled by the Council and office of DGCI & S
Kolkata.
Mr. Shantanu Rajguru, Director, ER, was inducted in the “Customs Clearance
Facilitation Committee” (CCFC) as one of the members of the said constituted
committee directed by Department of Revenue, MoF, Govt. of India, to
create an environment for ease of doing business and trade facilitation on May
25, 2015 at Custom House, Kolkata.
Mr. Shantanu Rajguru, Director, ER, and Mr. Abdul Salim, Manager, R.O.
Kolkata attended the Building Committee Meeting with regard to the difference
in opinion of the co-owners with respect to facility management of the Banijya
Bhavan/ITFC Building.
Office of the Indian Audit and Accounts Department, Central, Kolkata, has
carried out the Performance Audit on “Chapter-71 of CTH” on June 9, 2015 at
Regional Office Kolkata. During audit they have issued three memos for which
necessary reply were given by this office.
Exhibitors’ Meet was organized by this office on June 17, 2015 for briefing the
exhibitors with new developments/issues for IIJS 2015. Total 22 attendees
participated in the event.
Mr. Shantanu Rajguru, Director, ER, and Mr. Kaushik Ghosh, Manager,
Exhibitions, represented the Council in an interactive meet with Shri Ashutosh
Awasthy, Commissioner of Customs, at Custom House, Kolkata, with regards
to the problems faced by the exporters of the region.
Mr. Shantanu Rajguru, Director, Eastern Region represented the Council in an
Open House Meet with Shri Pravir Kumar, IAS, DGFT, organized by FIEO - ER,
on July 3, 2015 on issues relating to policy.
Head Office nominated Mr. Shantanu Rajguru, Director, ER, Mr. Kaushik
Ghosh, Manager, Exhibitions, and Mr. Partha Kajli, Executive, Exhibitions, for
IIJS 2015.
“MSME Financing Scheme & Forward Contracts” seminar was organized
by FIEO on August 4, 2015 in association with CITI Bank, and the same was
circulated amongst the esteemed member exporters for their participation.
Follow up of the open House meet with Shri Sanjeev Nandwani, ITS, Additional
DGFT, Kolkata, on August 7, 2015 was organized by FIEO, to discuss issues
on FTP. In this connection, R.O. Kolkata disseminated the said information
amongst the members of the Council for their inputs/opinion and participation.
Pre-budget proposals for the year 2016-17 was circulated amongst the
member exporters and necessary proposals received from the exporters were
duly forwarded to Head Office for consideration and necessary action.
Mr. Shantanu Rajguru, Director, Eastern Region, was invited by Department
of Business Management, University of Calcutta as an external expert in
connection with the interview for admission to 1st year MHROM course held
on 28.8.2015.
Mr. Shantanu Rajguru, Director, ER and Mr. Ketan Doshi, Member, Regional
Sub-committee visited the office of Joint GM (Cargo) Mr. Girish Sharma,
Airport Authority of India, NSCBI Airport, International Building, Kolkata, for
identifying the exclusive separate space offered by AAI for the purpose of
gold jewellery appraisement at Airport which was a long pending demand of
gems & jewellery exporters community.
Mr. Shantanu Rajguru, Director, Eastern Region, was invited by the Joint
