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From: Press Information Bureau Ministry of I&B <pib.kolkata@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 2:06 PM
Subject: Releases..........pt2
Press Information Bureau
Government of India
* * * * * *
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
ACC Appointments
New Delhi: March 18, 2010
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the following
appointments:-
(i) Shri B.S. Meena, IAS(MH:75), presently Special Secretary and
Financial Adviser, Ministry of Steel as Secretary, Department of Heavy
Industries, Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises vice
Shri Satyanarayana Dash, IAS(KL:73) on his retirement on 31st March,
2010.
(ii) Shri Jamini Kumar Sharma, IAS(MP:75) as Member Secretary, Tariff
Commission under the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion,
Ministry of Commerce and Industry, in the rank and pay of Secretary in
the vacancy of Shri Raghubir Singh, IA&AS(72) (Retd).
rs/dk/kol/14:01 hrs.
Press Information Bureau
Government of India
* * * * * *
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Initiative to Integrate US- India Small Businesses into Global Supply
Chain Launched -- India-US Trade Policy Forum Framework Signed
New Delhi: March 18, 2010
Shri Anand Sharma, Union Minister of Commerce & Industry and US Trade
Representative, Mr. Ron Kirk, has signed the India-US Trade Policy
Forum Framework for Cooperation on Trade and Investment, in Washington
yesterday. The Framework seeks to build on the success of the Trade
Policy Forum by facilitating trade and investment flows between the
United States and India. Both the Ministers also announced the launch
of an initiative "Integrating U.S. and Indian Small Businesses into
the Global Supply Chain." This initiative aims to expand trade and
job-creating opportunities for U.S. and Indian small and medium-sized
companies.
Speaking at the signing ceremony, Shri Sharma said, "By signing this
Framework for Cooperation on Trade and Investment we want to create
the right environment to ensure that the relationship brings maximum
benefit to the maximum number of people. We will do so by promoting
inclusive growth". We also intend to use this Framework to encourage
the development and deployment of clean energy and environmental
technologies as well as to support India's infrastructure growth.
Further, we have recognized the contribution and potential of Small
and Medium Enterprises in our Trade and Investment agenda by adopting
the SME initiative to create fresh opportunities for small and medium
enterprises in both the countries and help in integrating them in the
Global supply chain."
During his interaction with USTR, Shri Sharma spoke about the benefits
of commencing negotiations on a Totalization Agreement and added that
due to the absence of such an agreement, Indian companies in the US
were making double payments of social security, without getting any
benefits. He also raised the issues of visas for Indian professionals,
restrictive trade measures and the need for reform of US export
controls to promote high technology trade between India and the US. He
also addressed a meeting of the reconstituted Private Sector Advisory
Group (PSAG) to the Trade Policy Forum. The members of the PSAG were
tasked to work as implementing partners for initiatives undertaken by
the Trade Policy Forum, including the new small business initiative
In a meeting with US Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, the two
Ministers discussed cooperation in the field of agriculture that could
be leveraged to strengthen agricultural productivity, and promote agro
based industry in India. Later in the evening, Shri Sharma addressed
the Brookings Institution on "Asia's Unfolding Economic Saga – an
Indian perspective". The Minister spoke about the transformation of
the global economy, the rise of Asian economies and concluded that
their growth did not threaten any other country; on the contrary; this
was good for world prosperity and financial stability.
rj/mrs/dk/kol/14:02 hrs.
From: Press Information Bureau Ministry of I&B <pib.kolkata@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 2:06 PM
Subject: Releases..........pt2
Press Information Bureau
Government of India
* * * * * *
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
ACC Appointments
New Delhi: March 18, 2010
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the following
appointments:-
(i) Shri B.S. Meena, IAS(MH:75), presently Special Secretary and
Financial Adviser, Ministry of Steel as Secretary, Department of Heavy
Industries, Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises vice
Shri Satyanarayana Dash, IAS(KL:73) on his retirement on 31st March,
2010.
(ii) Shri Jamini Kumar Sharma, IAS(MP:75) as Member Secretary, Tariff
Commission under the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion,
Ministry of Commerce and Industry, in the rank and pay of Secretary in
the vacancy of Shri Raghubir Singh, IA&AS(72) (Retd).
rs/dk/kol/14:01 hrs.
Press Information Bureau
Government of India
* * * * * *
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Initiative to Integrate US- India Small Businesses into Global Supply
Chain Launched -- India-US Trade Policy Forum Framework Signed
New Delhi: March 18, 2010
Shri Anand Sharma, Union Minister of Commerce & Industry and US Trade
Representative, Mr. Ron Kirk, has signed the India-US Trade Policy
Forum Framework for Cooperation on Trade and Investment, in Washington
yesterday. The Framework seeks to build on the success of the Trade
Policy Forum by facilitating trade and investment flows between the
United States and India. Both the Ministers also announced the launch
of an initiative "Integrating U.S. and Indian Small Businesses into
the Global Supply Chain." This initiative aims to expand trade and
job-creating opportunities for U.S. and Indian small and medium-sized
companies.
Speaking at the signing ceremony, Shri Sharma said, "By signing this
Framework for Cooperation on Trade and Investment we want to create
the right environment to ensure that the relationship brings maximum
benefit to the maximum number of people. We will do so by promoting
inclusive growth". We also intend to use this Framework to encourage
the development and deployment of clean energy and environmental
technologies as well as to support India's infrastructure growth.
Further, we have recognized the contribution and potential of Small
and Medium Enterprises in our Trade and Investment agenda by adopting
the SME initiative to create fresh opportunities for small and medium
enterprises in both the countries and help in integrating them in the
Global supply chain."
During his interaction with USTR, Shri Sharma spoke about the benefits
of commencing negotiations on a Totalization Agreement and added that
due to the absence of such an agreement, Indian companies in the US
were making double payments of social security, without getting any
benefits. He also raised the issues of visas for Indian professionals,
restrictive trade measures and the need for reform of US export
controls to promote high technology trade between India and the US. He
also addressed a meeting of the reconstituted Private Sector Advisory
Group (PSAG) to the Trade Policy Forum. The members of the PSAG were
tasked to work as implementing partners for initiatives undertaken by
the Trade Policy Forum, including the new small business initiative
In a meeting with US Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, the two
Ministers discussed cooperation in the field of agriculture that could
be leveraged to strengthen agricultural productivity, and promote agro
based industry in India. Later in the evening, Shri Sharma addressed
the Brookings Institution on "Asia's Unfolding Economic Saga – an
Indian perspective". The Minister spoke about the transformation of
the global economy, the rise of Asian economies and concluded that
their growth did not threaten any other country; on the contrary; this
was good for world prosperity and financial stability.
rj/mrs/dk/kol/14:02 hrs.
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Palash Biswas
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