A Cooperation Agreement in the field of small and medium-sized
enterprises was signed on February 2, 2007 in Tunis
(Tunisia) between the
Governments of the Republic of Tunisia and India for promoting cooperation in
the field of MSME. As per Article-5 of the Agreement, a Joint Committee from
the Indian side has been constituted and communicated to Tunisia through
Ministry of External Affairs. The composition of the Joint Committee from
Indian side is:-
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1
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Secretary, MSME
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Co-Chairman
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2
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AS&DC, MSME
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Member
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3
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Joint Secretary, MSME
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Member
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4
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Joint Secretary, MSME
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Member
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5
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CMD, NSIC
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Member
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6
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Director, NIMSME
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Member
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The Ministry of MSME has not
received any formal composition of the Joint Committee from Tunisia. However, representative from the Tunisian
Ministry of Industry, Energy and SMEs and
representative from Industry Promotion Agency (API) along with others have
attended the 1st and 2nd meeting of Joint Committee held
so far as per Article-6 of the said Agreement. 1st Joint Committee
Meeting (JCM) was held on April 8, 2008 in New Delhi
and 2nd Joint Committee Meeting (JCM) was held during September 30,
2009 and October 1, 2009 in Tunisia. Tunisian side designated their Director
General of Tunisian Ministry of Industry, Energy and SMEs
as Tunisian focal point and head of the Tunisian party in the mentioned
Committee.
This information was given by the Union Cabinet Minister for Micro,
Small and Medium Enterprises, Shri Virbhadra Singh in
a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today.
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