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11151115:Ulero ~Qf;le atlgctd qrr ifil<:tR1i1 OFFICE OF TI-lE DE'VROPMENT COMMISSIONER ~,~am:~~) (MICRO, SMALL & t.ElIUM EKTERPRISES) MltlSTRY OFMICR(}. St.Wl.& MEauu ENTERPRISES ~~.~~~ GOVErultENT INDIA ('lmI ~) OF f.IqftJr 'ilR, lrnfIf ~J ~ ~ ~J Iem8n Bhawan, 7th Floor, MllJlllna ADd Road" ~~-'10 108 N.." Delli -11 I>100 11151115:UleRO. 3111~ L ~ flEDIUtJ ENTEJlPFI3ES ~e'TT '7T""! a-h Tf~ ~ Ph.EPA8~ - 230e~800, 2 30e38·~2 2J~63BC3 FAX - ({J1-11) 2J062~15, ~~~61726, 23r.6 1Oee, (l-mai - c cmsm"'[email protected] URGENTITOP PRIORITY 1(2)/2012-MSME Pol. Pt I Dated 27.8.2013 OFFICE MEMORANDUM SUbject: Meeting of Eastern Zonal Council-regarding. A copy of D.O. letter No. 311/2013-ZCS(E) dated 05.7.2013 of the Additional Secretary & Advisor, Govt. of India, Ministry of Home Affairs (Inter State Council Secretariat), New Delhi on the above mentioned subject is enclosed. Requisite informationl material, if any, with details as per SI. No. (i), (ii) & (iii) of the D.O. may please be provided to this division by 06.9.2013 positively. Soft copy of the material may also be sent on e-mail msmepol [email protected] Encl.: as above. \~~ --=---- (P.K. Sinha) Director (MSME Policy) Te1.No.23061544 To I. ADC(MPS)/DDG(S&D)I IA(NN)I JDC(RP)I JDC(PS)I Director(RM) (Planning/EA)I Consultant(AIA)(DB)lDirector(Chemical)/Director (UCS)I Director (NND)I Director (TR) I Director(SKS)1 Director (SENET) 0/0 DC(MSME). 2. The Director (ARI),(Shri Angshuman Dey), Mo MSME, Room No. 275-D, Udyog Bhavan, New Delhi 3. The Joint Director (SME), (Shri Jithesh John), Mo MSME, Room No. 254, Udyog Bhavan, New Delhi 4. Director, MSME DI, Patna! Ranchi I Cuttack /Kolkata. 5. Director(SENET), 0/0 DC(MSME) with a request to place the OM with enclosure on the Official Website and to forward the same along with enclosures to all Directors as per Sl. No.4 above bye-mail. DO o. 3/1/2013-ZCS(E 'm1.:t:'f~ '1TIr IOhli (1q G 3i;:fH:T\iq ~ fi fil ClI(1Lt Government of India 3m~~~ Ministry of Home Affairs P. G. DHAR CHAKRABARTI, IAS Inter-State Council Secretariat Additional Secretary & Adviser 5 July, 2013 Dear Sir, In the zo" meeting of the Eastern Zonal Council held in Kolkata 0' 17 April, 2013, it was decided that the next meeting of the Council shall be held il Odisha during the current financial year. 2 The Zona! Councils provide a common meeting ground in each zone for ~~esc·!ving !SSI u:~~/pr-(_b!et1~S havina inier-State/Centre-State/reqtonal ramif:.::ations 2S weli as for ensuring rapid and balanced socio-econorruc development of the respective regions. Although recommendations of these Councils are not binding, yet by convention, these have always been accorded high priority by all concerned in so far as their implementation is concerned. Further, being an advisory body, there is fuli scope for free and frank exchange of views at the meetings of these Councils, even on complex and intricate issues thereby ultimately often leading to amicable solutions to problems. 3. The Eastern Zona! Council comprises of the States of Bihar, .Iharkhand, (~~{~ Odisha and ti\!est Bengal. The Chief Minister and two other Ministers from each of p,o~ the States in the Zone are the members of this Council ~ 4. Before the Zonal Council Secretariat initiates steps to convene the next meeting IV) V' • of the Council, it is necessary that sufficient number of items are sponsored by all S \1- concerned for consideration of the Council. I shall, therefore, be grateful if your \it Ministry could identify important economic, social and developmental issues/problems . \ \ ~aving inter-State a~d Centre-State ramifications ~~ncerning the States ~f the Eas.tern }),~~~~~e~:~~C~~Sl~~~~~:~ Ini~h~h~eY~;~~~n~~: t~~e E:~~~r~ :a~:~Cb~U~~l! 'e~~~~~~~~~ memorandum Indicating :- (i) ! sue or issues involved with detailed background; (ii) Efforts made by the State Government to resolve them; and (iii) Specific points and issues on which recommendations of the Council are sought. Contd.. .2/- f ; ..... '.•.•. , (--, ,. ':.:r ~}~,~c:::> ,.' to,. - (~.i\ .•• \- j " I 1>"i- ~) ~.\) c.. VI "yan Bhavan Annexe, Maulana Azad Road, New Delhi-it 011 Telefax: 01 23022237. E-mail dh~rc@nir: in -2 - I would also request that the items identified by your Ministry may kindly be sent to us in both in hard and soft copies ( email: [email protected] ) as· soon as each is finalized, without waiting for the collection of all the items, so as to enable us to scrutinize them expeditiously after inviting comments of the concerned States. With regards, Yours Sincerely, (P.G. Dhar Cha Shri Madhav Lal, Secretary, Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises, Udyog Bhawan, Raf Marq, New Delhi ZONAL COUNCILS'SECRETARIAT MATTERS WHICH CAN BE REFERRED TO THE ZONAL COUNCILS The Zonal Councils are deliberative and advisory bodies. Broadly.fhese Councils serve: (a) to facilitate socio-economic development of the zones especially, power generation and distribution, river water disputes, irrigation, road and rail --- movemeii~lntegrated policy on-tfanspoitatlon, power' .shanng:solC" ,. conservation, land acquisition and resettlement etc. (b) to deal with matters arising out of the reorganisation of States such as border disputes integration of services, division' of assets and liabilities, linguistic minorities, inter-States Transport and Roads, etc. (c) to initiate measures of common interests and benefit to the' people in the field of social and economic planning and exchange, pool and use to the best common advantage information, experience and statistics available to each State. (d) To evolve as far as possible common policies in regard to : (i) Fight against poverty and backwardness ..---- (ii) Liberalisation of economic and industrial policy" (iii) Trade, Commerce, Labour and'Industry (iv) Promotion of exports (v) Matters relating to development of power resources and irrigation projects of inter-State importance (vi) Manpower planning (vii) Afforestation (viii) Administrative Reforms (ix) Educational, technical, legal, medical and other professions (x) Safeguards for linguistic minorities and other measures for emotional and national integration (xi) Schemes for the benefit of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribe, minorities and other weaker sections (e) to devise uniform policies as far as possible in regard to prohibition so that even where identical policies are not adopted, the action taken in one State does not prejudice the implementation of the policy adopted in another States. (f) to devise uniform policies regarding administration of civil and criminal _--"l=-aw~,_M(l..__...~______ ----.------.---..---- - (g) to deal with common problems like floods, watershed management, drought scarcity, ground water recharge . Some of the other items, which can be considered by the Councils with advantage are: (i) Criminal procedure (ii) Preventive detention (iii) Criminal Law (iv) Custody of Prisoners detained for reasons of security • 1', (v) Police Administration (vi) Prevention of occurrence of communal disturbances (vii) Measures to prevent inter-State crimes· (viii) Registration of deed and documents (ix) Prisons (x) Reformatories xi) Prevention of food and drug adulteration (xii) Family welfare programmes (xiii) Maternal and child welfare programmes (xiv) Prevention of AIDS (xv) Infectious diseases 2 (xvi) Trade Unions (xvii) Social Security and Social Insurance (xviii) Labour Welfare (xix) Vocational and technical training (xx) Shipping and navigation of inland waterways (xxi) Recovery in a State of Claim in respect of taxes and revenue due to another State (xxii) Local self Government Institutions (xxiii) Sustainable development with special reference to agriculture, animal husbandry, horticulture & organic farming (xxiv) Rural Credit (xxv) Land Acquisition (xxvi) Organic food (xxvii) Conservation of biodiversity (xxviii)Land Revenue (xxix) Agricultural Income Tax and Taxes on land andbuildings (xxx) Rules relating to functions of Public Service Commission (xxxi) Joint Public Service Commissions (xxxii) Pollution (xxxiii) Bio-technology 3.
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