The Department
Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Commerce, headed by Shri Shanta Kumar,
M.P., Rajya Sabha has
taken up the subject of " India`s
Engagement with Free Trade Agreements (FTAs): Challenges and Opportunities"
for examination and report to the Parliament.
The Committee
has decided to invite views/suggestions/comments from
experts/institutions/organizations/stake-holders interested in the subject
matter. The views/suggestions/comments may, inter
alia, focus on issues like benefits and disadvantages, if any, that has
accrued on account of signing Free Trade Agreements (hereinafter referred as
FTAs) with various countries/region/bloc; ways and means to promote domestic
agriculture as well as strengthen local industries through FTAs; role of FTAs
in flow of investments, especially greenfield; level
of impetus desired in the FTAs for services sector and those actually given
till date; capacity creation, both physical and human as a result of these
FTAs; extent of sensitivity observed towards climate and environment in FTAs;
flaws/discrepancies if any, prevailing in the present architecture of FTA and
remedies thereof; etc. The aforementioned issues are only indicative and not
exhaustive.
Those desirous
of submitting their views and suggestions to the Committee may send their
written memoranda (either in English or Hindi) on the above subject to Shri J. Sundriyal,
Director, Rajya Sabha
Secretariat, 201, Second Floor, Parliament House Annexe,
New Delhi-110001 (Tel.: 23034541) or e-mail
at sundrial@sansad.nic.in within thirty days from January 3, 2012.
Those willing to give oral evidence before the Committee, besides sending
Memoranda are requested to indicate so. However, the decision of the Committee
in this regard shall be final.
The memoranda
submitted to the Committee would form a part of the records of the Committee
and will be treated as confidential. These are not to be disclosed to anyone,
till the report of the Committee is presented to Parliament, violation of which
would constitute a breach of privilege of the Committee.
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