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Shri Kamal Nath, Union Minister of Commerce & Industry, will address the inaugural meeting of the National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council (NMCC) being held here tomorrow, 6/1/2005. Dr. Krishnamurthy, Chairman, NMCC, will deliver the welcome address. The agenda would include the role, functions and structure of NMCC, and analysis of some of the important sectors like textiles, leather & leather goods, food processing, gems & jewellery, handicraft, chemicals & pharmaceuticals and IT hardware sectors with a view to suggesting future plan of action.
The NMCC was constituted for the purposes of implementation of the National Common Minimum Programme which lays emphasis on providing a continuing forum for policy dialogue to energise and sustain the growth of the manufacturing industry as also increase its share of contribution to the GDP. The National Common Minimum Programme had identified among others food processing, pharmaceuticals, capital goods, leather and IT hardware as priority sectors.
The Chairman of the Council is Dr. V Krishnamurthy who has a distinguished record of management and was instrumental in the turnaround of several major industries such as the Maruti Udyog Ltd., BHEL, SAIL respectively besides his tenure as Secretary (Heavy Industries) and Member, Planning Commission. The other members of the Council include the captains of the industry, Mr. Ratan Tata, Mr. Y.C. Deveshwar, Mr. Jamshed Godrej, Mr. Venu Srinivasan etc. Representatives of sunrise industries like Mr. Habil Khorakiwala of Wokhardt Limited, Dr. Surinder Kapur of Sona Steerings, Mr. Mukul Kasliwal of S Kumars and Ms. Uma Reddy, woman entrepreneur. The Council also is represented by the three industry associations, FICCI, CII and ASSOCHAM, economists Dr. Bibek Debroy and Dr. Isher Judge Ahluwalia and eminent educationists Dr. M. S. Anant of IIT Chennai and Prof. Sekhar Choudhry of IIM Kolkata. Secretaries of Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP), Heavy Industry and Public Enterprises, Small Scale Industries, Member (Industry), Planning Commission and DG, CSIR are also members of the Council.
Members of the Council are also scheduled to meet the Prime Minister tomorrow.
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