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Reconstitution of the Export Inspection Council and nomination of its members.

Detailed Summary

This notification, issued by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (Department of Commerce) on May 1, 2025, exercises powers granted under Section 3 of the Export (Quality Control and Inspection) Act, 1963, read with rule 3 of the Export (Quality Control and Inspection) Rules, 1964, to reconstitute the Export Inspection Council. The Central Government hereby nominates various persons to the council for a period of two years from the date of publication. The nominated members include government officials holding key positions (such as Special Secretary in the Department of Commerce as Chairman, Director of Inspection and Quality Control as Member Secretary, and Ex-officio members from BIS, Agriculture Marketing Adviser, and DGCI&S), representatives from other relevant ministries and statutory bodies (including Fisheries, Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Food Processing, APEDA, MPEDA, Spices Board, FSSAI, NABL), heads of research/academic institutions (NDRI, NIFTEM), an industry association representative (All India Rice Exporters Association), and nominees from private inspection agencies.

Full Text

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-02052025-262835 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 1938] NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, MAY 1, 2025/VAISHAKHA 11, 1947 MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (Department of Commerce) NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 1st May, 2025 S.O. 1982(E). In exercise of the powers under Section 3 of the Export (Quality Control and Inspection) Act, 1963 (22 of 1963) read with rule 3 of the Export (Quality Control and Inspection) Rules, 1964, the Central Government hereby reconstitutes the Export Inspection Council and nominates the following persons for a period of two year from the date of publication of this notification namely: - Name and Designation Members nominated under clauses (a) to (e) of sub-section (1) of Section 3 +-------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------+ | Sl. No. | Name | Designation | +-------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------+ | 1 | Shri Rajesh Agrawal, IAS (MN:94), Special Secretary, Department of | Chairman | | | Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, New Delhi. | | +-------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------+ | 2 | Director of Inspection and Quality Control, Export Inspection Council, | Member Secretary| | | New Delhi | | +-------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------+ | 3 | Director General, Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), New Delhi | Member- Ex-officio| +-------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------+ | 4 | Agriculture Marketing Adviser to the Government of India, New Delhi | Member- Ex-officio| +-------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------+ | 5 | Director General of Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and | Member- Ex-officio| | | Statistics (DGCI&S), Kolkata | | +-------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------+ Other members proposed to be nominated under clause (f) of the sub-section (1) of Section 3 +-------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------+ | 6 | Director (Export Inspection), Department of Commerce, Ministry of | Member | | | Commerce and Industry, Government of India, New Delhi | | +-------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------+ | 7 | Joint Secretary, Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal | Member | | | Husbandry & Dairying, Government of India, New Delhi | | +-------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------+ | 8 | Chairman, Agriculture and Processed Food Products Export Development | Member | | | Authority (APEDA), New Delhi | | +-------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------+ | 9 | Chairman, Marine Product Export Development Authority (MPEDA), | Member | | | Kochi | | +-------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------+ | 10 | Chairman, Spices Board, Kochi | Member | +-------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------+ | 11 | Joint Secretary, Ministry of Food Processing (MoFPI) dealing with meat | Member | | | and meat products | | +-------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------+ | 12 | Joint Secretary (Plant Protection), Department of Agriculture & Farmers | Member | | | Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Government of India | | +-------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------+ | 13 | Chief Executive Officer, National Accreditation Board for Testing and | Member | | | Calibration Laboratories, NABL House, Plot 45, Gurugram, Haryana | | +-------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------+ | 14 | Advisor (Standards), Food Safety and Standards Authority of India | Member | | | (FSSAI), FDA Bhawan, Kotla Road near Bal Bhawan New Delhi - | | | | 110002, India. | | +-------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------+ | 15 | Director, National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal | Member | +-------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------+ | 16 | President, All India Rice Exporters Association, New Delhi | Member | +-------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------+ | 17 | Vice Chancellor, National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship | Member | | | and Management (NIFTEM), Plot 97, Sector 56, Kundli, Sonipat, Haryana | | +-------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------+ | 18 | Nominee Member from M/s SGS India Private Limited, C/O-Paradip port | Member | | | trust employees co-operative credit society ltd.2nd floor, Sahayog building, | | | | Plot no.474, Jaydev marg, Paradip-Odisha, 754142. | | +-------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------+ | 19 | Nominee Member from M/s TCRC Inspections Private Limited, Door | Member | | | No,24-1-4,1st & 2nd Floor, Retrofit House, Thompsons Street one Town | | +-------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------+ | 20 | Old Post Office, Ward-25, Village-Visakhapatnam(U) Mandal, | Member | | | Visakhapatnam District, Pin Code-530001, Andhra Pradesh. | | +-------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------+ | | Nominee Member from M/s Minerals Lab Services Private Limited, 4th | Member | | | floor, Karma Paes Avenue, F. L. Gomes Road, Vasco-da-Gama, Goa, India, | | | | 403802 | | +-------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------+ [F. No. K-16012 /45/2017-Export Inspection] SIDDHARTH MAHAJAN, Jt. Secy. Note: The Export Inspection Council was initially constituted vide notification S.O.22(E), dated 24th August, 1963 published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary and was lastly reconstituted vide Notification number S.O. 1119 (E) dated 09th March 2023 and amended vide S.O. 1551 (E) dated 31st March 2023

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