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limit of Rupees 250 crores
for getting identified as town of export excellence.
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4)
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In the note 1 under Para 3.5.2 of the Foreign Trade Policy, wherever small scale industry is
mentioned, it should be indicated as units in the small scale sector as in the case of tiny sector, cottage sector etc.
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II)
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BUDGET PROPOSAL
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The
Council had submitted its suggestions for incorporation in
the budget proposal for the financial year 2005-06. The
major suggestions included are :
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1)
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All State Level Duties need
to be neutralized for exporters.
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2)
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All
present duty drawback rates needs to be raised, to make
exports more Competitive.
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3)
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Small and
medium size powerloom weavers facing sales and marketing
problems, as they do not have organised set up.
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4)
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The
service tax of 10.2% on freight charges and commission
paid to foreign agents need to be withdrawn.
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III)
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COMMUNICATIONS
WERE ADDRESSED TO THE MINISTRY OF TEXTILES / MINISTRY OF
COMMERCE ON THE FOLLOWING MATTERS :
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1)
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Nomination
of Chairman, PDEXCIL as a representative of the PDEXCIL on
the Board of Textiles Committee to maintain close contact
with the Textiles Committee for the overall development of
the powerloom textile industry.
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2)
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Communication with regard to Abolition of Textiles Committee Cess on textiles as well as on the textile machinery.
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3)
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Communication
sent to MOT regarding difficulties faced by the exporters.
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4)
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Communication
sent to MOT regarding submission of points for inclusion
in the Agenda for the meeting of the High Level Committee
for Redressal of Grievances of Exporters.
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5)
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Communication
regarding Economic Cooperation Initiatives for increased
trade between India and Sri Lanka.
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6)
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Communication with regard to Eighty Third Report of the Department related Parliamentary
Standing Committee on Home Affair on personnel policies of CSS.
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7)
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Communication regarding Synthetic & Art Silk Powerloom Weavers in crisis due to Anti
Dumping Duty on the import of raw materials.
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8)
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Review of the USA’s Trade
Policies by WTO.
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