Union Commerce Secretary, Anup Wadhavan along with officers of the Commerce Ministry and those from other departments, held a meeting with Karan Avtar Singh, Chief Secretary, Punjab on Friday to discuss various issues and problems of the exporters of the State.
The officers accompanying the Union Commerce Secretary included Sanjay Chadha, Additional Secretary, B S Bhalla, Joint Secretary, Sunil Singh Katiyar, Commissioner, GST & Customs, M.S.Dhillion, Additional DGFT, Ludhiana, L B Singhal, DC, SEZ, Noida, Kalyana Rama, CMD, CONCOR, Paban K Borthakur Chairman, APEDA, Keku Bomi Gazder, CEO, AAI-CLAS, and T.V. Ravi, Director, Department of Commerce.
Officers on the state government who attended the meeting included Nirmaljeet Singh Kalsi, Additional Chief Secretary, Animal Husbandry, M.P.Singh, Additional Chief Secretary, Excise & Taxation, Cooperation and Development, Anirudh Tiwari, Principal Secretary, Finance, R.K. Verma, Principal Secretary, Science, Technology & Environment, Vikas Pratap, Secretary Tourism & Cultural Affairs, Civil Aviation, Husan Lal, Secretary B&R, Rahul Bhandari, MD PSIEC & DPS Kharbanda, Director, Industries & Commerce.
Prior to the consultation with Chief Secretary, a meeting was held with the exporters of the State which was arranged by FIEO and Department of Industries & Commerce, Punjab.
The issues of the exporters were broadly classified into three categories relating to EXIM Trade, GST & Infrastructure issues.