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WORK ALLOCATED TO DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE IN ACCORDANCE WITH

THE ALLOCATION OF BUSINESS RULES, 1961

 

I. International Trade

  • International Trade and Commercial Policy including tariff and non-tariff barriers.
  • International Agencies connected with Trade Policy (e.g. UNCTAD, ESCAP, ECA, ECLA, EEC, EFTA, GATT/WTO, ITC and CFC).
  • International Commodity Agreements other than agreements relating to wheat, sugar, jute and cotton.
  • International Customs Tariff Bureau including residuary work relating to Tariff Commission.

II. Foreign Trade (Goods & Services)

  • All matters relating to foreign trade.
  • Import and Export Trade Policy and Control excluding matters relating to-
  1. import of feature films;
  2. export of Indian films- both feature length and short; and
  3. import and distribution of cine-film (unexposed) and other goods required by the film industry.

III. State Trading

  • Policies of State Trading and performance of organizations established for the purpose and including-
  1. The State Trading Corporation of India Limited and its subsidiaries excluding Handicrafts and Handlooms Export Corporation and Central Cottage Industries Corporation; the Tea Trading Corporation of India Limited and the Spices Trading Corporation of India Limited;
  2. Projects & Equipment Corporation of India Limited (PEC);
  3. India Trade Promotion Organization and its subsidiaries;
  4. Minerals and Metals Trading Corporation and its subsidiaries.
  • Production, distribution (for domestic consumption and exports) and development of plantation crops, tea, coffee, rubber, spices, tobacco and cashew.
  • Processing and distribution for domestic consumption and exports of Instant Tea and Instant Coffee.

(a) Tea Board. (b) Coffee Board.

(c) Rubber Board. (d) Spices Board.

(d) Tobacco Board.

IV. Trading with the Enemy: Enemy Property

  • Trading with the enemy; enemy firms and enemy property reparations (other than German industrial equipment); Controller of Enemy Trading; Controller of Enemy firms; Custodian of Enemy Property for India.

V. Management of Certain Services

  • Cadre Management of the Indian Trade Service and all matters pertaining to training, career planning and manpower planning for the service.
  • Cadre Management of Indian Supply Service and all matters pertaining to training, career planning and manpower planning for the Service.
  • Cadre Management of Indian Inspection Service and all matters pertaining to training, career planning and manpower planning for the Service.

VI. Special Economic Zones

  • All matters relating to development, operation and maintenance of special economic zones and units in special economic zones, including export and import policy, fiscal regime, investment policy, other economic policy and regulatory framework.

Note: All fiscal concessions and policy issues having financial implications are decided with the concurrence of the Department of Economic Affairs (Ministry of Finance) or failing such concurrence with the approval of the Cabinet.

VII. Export Products and Industries and Trade Facilitation

  • Setting up of Export Processing Zones (EPZ)/Agricultural Export Zones (AEZ) and 100 per cent Export Oriented Units (EOUs).
  • Gems and Jewellery.
  • Matters relating to Export Promotion Board, Board of Trade and International Trade Advisory Committee.
  • Matters relating to concerned Export Promotion Councils/Export Promotion Organisations.
  • Indian Institute of Foreign Trade and Indian Institute of Packaging.
  • Indian Diamond Institute and Footwear Design and Development Institute.
  • Coordination for export infrastructure.
  • Development and expansion of export production in relation to all commodities, products, manufacturers and semi-manufacturers including-
  1. agricultural produce within the meaning of the Agricultural Produce (Grading and Marking) Act, 1937 (1 of 1937);
  2. marine products;
  3. industrial products (engineering goods, chemicals, plastics, leather products, etc.);
  4. fuels, minerals and mineral products and
  5. specific export oriented products including plantation crops, etc. but excluding jute products and handicrafts;
  • All organisations and institutions connected with the provision of services relating to the export effort including-
  1. Export Credit and Export Insurance including Export Credit and Guarantee Corporation Limited;
  2. Export Inspection Council; Standards including Quality Control;
  3. Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics and
  4. Free Trade-Zones.
  • Projects and programmes for stimulating and assisting the export efforts.

VIII. Attached and Subordinate Offices

  • Directorate General of Foreign Trade.
  • Directorate General of Supplies and Disposals.
  • Directorate General of Anti-Dumping and Allied Duties and related matters.
  • Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics.

IX. Statutory Bodies

  • Marine Products Export Development Authority.
  • Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority.

X. Miscellaneous

Purchase and inspection of stores for Central Government Ministries/ Departments including their attached and subordinate offices and Union Territories, other than the items of purchase and inspection of stores which are delegated to other authorities by general or special order.

 

Appendix II

LIST OF ATTACHED/SUBORDINATE OFFICES/PUBLIC SECTOR UNDERTAKINGS/ AUTONOMOUS BODIES/COMMODITY BOARDS/EXPORT PROMOTION COUNCILS UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Attached Offices

1. Directorate General of Foreign Trade, Udyog Bhavan, New Delhi - 110011.

2. Directorate General of Supplies andDisposals, Jeevan Tara Building, Parliament Street. New Delhi. 110001.

Subordinate Offices

1. Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics,No. 1, Council House Street, Kolkata – 700001

2. Custodian of Enemy Property for India, Kaiser-e-Hind Building,Currimbhoy Road, Ballard Estate,Mumbai - 400038.

3. Cochin Special Economic Zone, Administrative Building,Kakkanad Cochin – 600030 NOIDA – 201305

4. Falta Special Economic Zone, IInd MSO Building, 4th Floor,R.No. 44, Nizam Palace Complex,234/4, AIC Bose Road, Kolkata - 700020.

5. Madras Special Economic Zone, National Highway 45 Tambaram, Chennai – 600045.

6. Kandla Special Economic Zone, Gandhidham,Kachchh-3702309 (Gujarat)

7. Santa Cruz Special Economic Zone, Andheri (East),Mumbai – 400096.

8. Visakhapatnam Special Economi Visakhapatnam - 530046

9. Noida Special Economic Zone, Surajpur Dadri Road, Distt. Ghaziabad,

10. Pay and Accounts Office (Commerce), Udyog Bhavan,New Delhi.

11 Pay and Accounts Office (Supply), Akbar Road Hutments, New Delhi.

Public Sector Undertakings

1. Export Credit Guarantee Corporation of India Ltd.,Express Towers, P.B. No. 373, Nariman Point,Mumbai - 400021

2. MMTC Ltd.,Core No. 1, Scope Complex, 7, Institutional Area, Lodhi Road, New Delhi - 110003.

3. PEC Ltd.,” Hansalaya” 15, Barakhamba Road, New Delhi - 110001.

3 (i) Subsidiary of PEC Tea Trading Corporation of Ltd.,7, Wood Street, Kolkata-700016

4. State Trading Corporation of India, Jawahar Vyapar Bhavan,Tolstoy Marg, New Delhi 110001Subsidiary of STC.

4(i) STCL Ltd.,166/2, 13th Main Road, Vasanthnagar, Bangalore-560052

5. India Trade Promotion Organisation, Pragati Maidan,Mathura Road, New Delhi

Autonomous Bodies

1. Coffee Board, 1, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Veedhi, > Bangalore – 560001

2. Rubber Board, Sub-Jail Road, P.B. No. 1122, Kottayam - 686002.

3. Spices Board, Sugandha Bhavan, N.H. Bypass, PB-2277Palarivattom, P.O.Cochin – 682025

4. Tea Board, 14, BTM Sarani, Brabourne Road, P.B. No. 2172, Kolkata – 700001

5. Tobacco Board,P.B.No. 322, G.T. Road,Guntur - 522004

6. Agricultural & Processed Food Products Export Development Authority, NCUI Building, Siri Institutional Area, August Kranti Marg, New Delhi – 110016

7. Marine Products Export Development AuthorityMPEDA House, PanamapillyAvenue, Kochi 682036.

8. Export Inspection Council of India,3rd Floor, YMCA Cultural Centre Building, 1,Jai Singh Road, NEW DELHI-110001

9. Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, B-21, Institutional Area, South of IIT, New Delhi - 110016

10. Indian Institute of Packaging,B-2, MIDC Area, P.B.No. 9432'Andheri (East),Mumbai - 400096

Other Organisations

1 Federation of Indian Export Organisations, PHD House,"Niryat Bhawan", Rao Tula Ram Marg, New Delhi -110057

2 Indian Council of Arbitration, Federation House,Tansen Marg, New Delhi.

3. Indian Diamond Institute,Katangam GIDC, Sumul Dairy Road,Katargam, P.B. No. 508 Surat, 395008 (Gujrat)

Export Promotion Councils

1 Chemexcil,Jhansi Castle, 4th Floor, 7, cooperage Road, Mumbai 400039.

2 CAPEXIL,"Vanijya Bhawan" International Trade Facilitation Centre, 1/1 Wood Street, 3rd Floor, Kolkata 700016

3 Cashew Export Promotion Council, P.B. No. 1709, Chittor Road, Ernakulam South, Cochin - 682016.

4 Council for Leather ExportsNo. 1, CMDA Tower II, III floor, Gandhi Irwin Road, Egmore,Chennai - 600 008.

5 Engineering Export Promotion Council," Vanijya Bhawan"International Trade Facilitation Centre,1/1 Wood Street,1st Floor,Kolkata 700016

6 Gems & Jewellery Export Promotion Council,Diamond Plaza, 5th Floor, 391 - A, Dr. D. Bhadkamkar Marg, Mumbai 400004.

7 Project Exports Promotion Council of India (PEPC), H-118, Himalya House, 11th Floor, 23-Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi 110001

8 Plastics Export Promotion Council, Crystal Tower, Ground Floor, Gundiwali Road No.3, Opp. Sir M.V. Road, Andheri (East)Mumbai 400069.

9 Shellac Export Promotion Council, International "Vanijya Bhawan" International Trade Facilitation Centre, 1/1 Wood Street, 2nd Floor,Kolkata 700016

10 Sport Goods Export Promotion Council, 1-E/6, Swami Ram Tirth Nagar,Jhandewalan Extension,New Delhi 110055.

11. Export Promotion Council for EOUs & SEZ Units, 705, Bhikaji Cama Bhawan, Bhikaji Cama Place, New Delhi-110066

12. Pharmexcil101, Aditya Trade Centre, Ameerpeth, Hyderabad-500 038

13 Indian Oil seeds & Produce Exporters Association,78-79 Bajaj Bhawan, Nariman Point Mumbai - 400021

 

Appendix III

STATEMENT SHOWING TOTAL NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES IN DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND ITS ATTACHED/SUBORDINATE OFFICES, PUBLIC SECTOR UNDERTAKINGS, SEMI-AUTONOMOUS BODIES ETC. AND NUMBER OF SC/ST/OBC EMPLOYEES AGAINST THEM AS ON 31ST DECEMBER 2006.

 





 

 

 

Appendix IV

SUMMARY OF THE AUDIT OBSERVATIONS IN THE VARIOUS REPORTS OF 2006

 

S.No Summary Action Taken
1.

Para 2.2(2 of 2006)Erroneous
release of Rs.1.40 crore s

The Ministry released Rs.2.81 crore to Bihar State Export Corporation including an excess amount of Rs.1.40 crore.
The funds released were idling for more than three years
and were yet to be recovered by the Ministry
2. 1.1(3 of 2006)Annual accounts of Autonomous Bodies In 2004-05, there were 253 central autonomous bodies whose
accounts were to be certified under Section 19(2) and 20(1) of the CAG’s (DPC) Act, 1971. Government of India released Rs.12290.67 crore towards grants and Rs.90.54 crore towards loan to 242 bodies during 2004-05. Information on the amount of Government grants released to the remaining 11 bodies was not available.
Grant amounting to Rs.5600.48 crore (45.57 percent of total grants) were disbursed by the M/o Human Resources Development to 91 educational institutions, Rs.870.35 crore (7.08 per cent of total grants) were disbursed by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to 23 health and research institutions and Rs.340.33 crore (2.77 per cent of total grants) were disbursed by the Ministry of Commerce to 14 autonomous bodies.
Audited accounted for 2003-04 of 251 central bodies were to be placed before the Parliament by 31.12.04. Of these, audited accounts of 71 bodies were submitted for audit within the stipulated time. The accounts of 14 bodies were not submitted for audit by the concerned organizations as on December, 2005.
3. 6.1 and 6.2 (10 of 2006)Market capitalization of shares/Govt.shares of the Listed PSUs. The market value of shares of 29 listed Government Companies as per prices prevailing in stock markets on 31.3.05 stood at Rs.345372 crore. This compared favourablywith the total book value of their shares at Rs.154129 crore.
Market value of shares held by the Govt. of India in these
4. 1.1(B)(11of 2006)Impact of Comments on Balance Sheet and Profit & Loss Accounts On Balance Sheet:Aggregate value of assets as on31.3.2005 was overstated by Rs.386.64 crore in 20 PSUs and understated by Rs.108.80 crore in five PSUs. Similarly
liabilities were understated by Rs.245.66 crores in PSUs
and overstated by Rs.196.01 crore in five PSUs other than
Navratna PSUs.On profit or Loss:(a) The comments on
accounts of 29 PSUs whose accounts were test checked are
reflected in this report. Had all these PSUs revised their
accounts on the basis of comments made by CAG, aggregate
profit for 2004-05would have decreased by Rs.180.58 crore
in 13 PSUs and would have increase by Rs.21.90 crore in
three PSUs (excluding Navratna PSUs). Similarly, loss for
2004-05 would have been increase by Rs.188.91 crore in
12 PSUs and would have decreased by Rs.20.10 crore in
one PSU.
(b) The accounts of all the nine ‘Navratna’ PSUs were test checked. As a result of test check, aggregate value of assets as on 31.3.2005 was found over-stated by Rs.527.61 crore in three PSUs. Similarly, liabilities were understated by Rs.180.74 crore in two PSUs. The comments of CAG on the PSUs brought out overstatement of profit by Rs. 708.35 crore in four PSUs. The overall variance arising in the profit of four Navratna Companies as a result of CAG’s comments ranged from 0.79 to 23.06 percent.
5. 6.2.1(12 of 2006) Loss to exchequer in supplying humanitarian aid to the Govt.of Tajikistan and Ivory Coast – Rs.6.11 crore. State Trading Corporation of India Ltd. paid to the Associates the cost of sugar without restri8cting the same to the actual cost of procurement. It also paid freight in the export office, wheat, tea and sugar to the Associates without relating the same to the actual. This resulted in undue favour of Rs.6.11 crore during 2002-03 and 2003-04 at the coast of
the Government.

 

AppendixV

STATEMENT SHOWING THE PENDING (CIVIL AND COMMERCIAL) AUDIT PARAGRAPHS PENDING WITH AUDIT AS ON 1.12.06

Statement showing the Pending (Civil) Audit Paragraphs pending with Audit as on 1.12.06

 

Statement showing the Pending (Commercial) Audit Paragraphs pending with Audit as on 1.12.06

 



 

Appendix VI

SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT AUDIT OBSERVATIONS BY THE OFFICE OF C&AG PERTAINING TO THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY IN THE VARIOUS REPORTS OF 2006