Draft Report of the High Level Group on Services Sector

7.2.8 The Challenge of the Unorganized Sector

It has been noted above that nagging doubts remain with respect to the effect of organized retail on the self-employed small retailers. The greatest concern is with respect to the hawkers who deal with fruits and vegetables. One way of taking care of this concern is for the large retailers to share the benefit of supply chains in these products by selling goods in bulk packages for the benefit of small retailers.

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Annexure I

No.18 (1)/DP/PC/2007

Government of India

Planning Commission

Yojana Bhavan, Sansad Marg

New Delhi-110 001

May 4, 2007
ORDER
Sub: Constitution of High Level Group on Services Sector
It has been decided to constitute a “High Level Group on Services Sector” with the following composition:
Shri Anwarul Hoda, Member, Planning Commission - Chairman
Members
1. Secretary (Commerce), Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Govt. of India

2. Secretary (Tourism), Govt. of India

3. Secretary (Health), Govt. of India

4. Dr. Naresh Trehan, ED, Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre, N.Delhi

5. Ms. Suneetha Reddy, Director, Appollo Hospitals, Chennai

6. Mr. Nandan Nilekani, CEO, Infosys

7. Mr. K.V. Kamath, MD and CEO, ICICI Bank

8. Mr. S. Ramadorai, CEO and MD, TCS

9. Mr. Azim Premji, Chairman and CEO, Wipro

10. Mr. Kishore Biyani, MD, Pantaloon Retail (India) Ltd.

11. Mr. Noel Tata, MD, Trent Ltd.

12. Mr. S.S.H. Rehman, MD, ITC Hotels

13. Chairman, University Grants Commission

14. Director, IIM, Bangalore

15. Director, IIT, New Delhi

16. Director, NLSIU, Bangalore

17. Mr. Ashok Desai, Consultant Editor, Telegraph

18. Mr. B.K. Zutshi, 12, Shivraj Niketan Colony, Jaipur

(Former Ambassador and Permanent Representative of India to GATT,

Geneva)

19. 
    Prof. Rupa Chanda, IIM, Bangalore
    
20. 
    Dr. Arvind Virmani, Pr. Adviser, Planning Commission - Member Secretary*
    

* Shri Paul Joseph, Principal Adviser (DP), Planning Commission functioned as the Member Secretary of the Group with effect from 25^th July, 2007.

2. Terms of Reference

To comprehensively examine the different aspects influencing the performance of the services sector and suggest short-term and long-term policy measures to improve and sustain its competitiveness in the coming years.

3. The Chairman of the High Level Group may constitute Sub–groups and /or may co-opt additional members as may be considered necessary.

4. The High Level Group may meet as often as may be necessary and shall submit its report to the Government by October 31, 2007.
5. The Group will be serviced by the Development Policy Division of the Planning Commission.
6. The TA/DA expenditure of the official Members in connection with the meetings of the Group will be borne by the Ministry/Department/State Government to which they belong. In case of non-officials, TA/DA will be borne by the Planning Commission as admissible to Class-I Officers of the Government of India.

(N.D. George)

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