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As per information available with the Ministry of Textiles, a total of 334 textile mills were enlisted with the Textile Commissioner’s Office, Mumbai, during the Eleventh Plan. These included 177 non-SSI spinning units, 11 non-SSI composite mills, 138 SSI spinning units and 8 Exclusive Weaving Mills. Information relating to the units that came up in the decentralized segments such as knitting, processing, garmenting and made-ups is not available.
The government will provide an additional incentive of Rs.1,050 crore to labour- intensive sectors like handicrafts, handlooms and leather goods, whose exports have been badly hit by the downturn in the US and Europe, Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma said on Monday. “In order to give immediate relief, a bonus incentive is being provided to sectors whose exports are still not doing well,” Sharma said, announcing the annual supplement to the foreign trade policy.
Shri Anand Sharma, Minister of Commerce and Industry while announcing the annual supplement 2010-11 to the Foreign Trade Policy 2009-14 stated that, “We are on course to achieve the export target of US$ 200 billion in the fiscal year 2010-11 and over the remaining 3 years of Policy, we should be able to come back on the high export growth trajectory of 25% per annum and by 2014, we expect to double India’s exports of goods and services.” Following are the Highlights of the Annual Supplement.
Last year, when I presented the Foreign Trade Policy 2009-14 on 27 August, 2009, the world was passing through the greatest economic crisis we have seen in recent times. Economies and markets world-wide were in turmoil, causing a sharp contraction in international trade, adversely impacting global investment flows and rendering over 50 million people jobless.
The Representation of the People (Amendment) Bill 2010, which seeks to give voting rights to NRIs, was moved in the Rajya Sabha Saturday. Law and Justice Minister M. Veerappa Moily moved the bill after withdrawing its earlier version, the Representation of the People (Amendment) Bill, 2006. The older version of the bill was withdrawn on the recommendations of a parliamentary standing committee which examined the legislation.
The government is formulating a comprehensive land acquisition bill that will address concerns about process of acquiring land for purposes such as setting up SEZs and compensation to be paid. Replying to supplementaries during Question Hour, Minister of State for Agriculture K V Thomas said a group of ministers (GoM) was considering a bill to reform land acquisition law.
With an aim at faster clearance of trademark cases in the country, the government has sought public comments on amending the relevant rules to make them more significant and user friendly. “The Comptroller General of Patent, Design and Trade Marks (CGPDTM) intends to make a proposal for amendment of the Trade Mark Rules,” the CGPDTM said in a communication.
The government is streamlining the process of appointment of independent directors in Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs), a senior government official said on Friday. “We are in the process of shaping a note that actually gives timelines to each part of the process (for appointment of independent directors),” Department of Public Enterprises Secretary Bhaskar Chatterjee told reporters on the sidelines of an All-India Management Association (AIMA) function here.
The Ministry of Human Resources Development (HRD) has circulated Interest Subsidy Scheme on Educational Loan for Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) to banks on 25th May, 2010. In terms of the Scheme, full interest subsidy would be provided by Government during the period of moratorium/study period and would be applicable to students from EWS with a parental upper income limit of Rs.4.50 lakhs.
Central Government appoints/engages counsel to conduct its litigation in different courts of law. Informing this in Lok Sabha in a written reply Dr. M. Veerappa Moily said that at present, the total number of counsel appointed by the Ministry of Law and Justice is 2463.
