Department of Commerce being rejigged to make it future ready: Minister

Department of Commerce being rejigged to make it future ready: Minister

Subject :Polity

Section: National organization

Context: The Department of Commerce is being restructured to make it ‘future ready’ and put in place an ecosystem to achieve the $2 trillion export target by 2030, Union Minister Piyush Goyal said on Tuesday.

• A dedicated trade promotion body to be set up to devise overall strategy to achieve targets, said Union Minister Piyush Goyal

Departments

• Department of Commerce
• Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion
  • Autonomous Institutions
    • Indian Rubber Manufacturers Research Association
    • National Institute of Design
    • National Productivity Council
    • Quality Council of India
  • Attached Offices
    • Office of the Economic Adviser, New Delhi.
    • Tariff Commission, New Delhi.
    • Office of the Salt Commissioner, Jaipur
  • Subordinate Offices
    • Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks, Mumbai.
    • Petroleum & Explosives Safety Organization, Nagpur
    • Copyrights Office
      • Intellectual Property Appellate Board

Attached Offices

• Directorate General of Foreign Trade

• Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR)

Sub-ordinate Offices

• Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics
• Special Economic Zones

Autonomous bodies

• Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority
• The Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA)
• Indian Institute of Foreign Trade
• Indian Institute of Packaging
• Export Inspection Council
• Export Inspection Agency
• Commodity Boards
  • Coffee Board : HQ – Bengaluru, Karnataka
  • Tobacco Board : HQ – Guntur, Andhra Pradesh
  • Rubber Board – HQ – Kottyam, Kerala
  • Tea Board : HQ – Kolkata, West Bengal
  • Spices Board : HQ – Kochi, Kerala

PSU

• GEM (Directorate General of Supplies and Disposals)
• State Trading Corporation
• PEC Limited
• MMTC Limited
• Export Credit Guarantee Corporation of India Limited
• India Trade Promotion Organization

Other Organization

• Indian Diamond Institute
• Footwear Design And Development Institute (FDDI)
• India Brand Equity Foundation
• Price Stabilization Fund Trust
• Indian Institute of Plantations Management, Bengaluru

Export Promotion Councils

• Federation of Indian Export Organisations
• Cashew Export Promotion Council of India
• Basic Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals and Cosmetics Export Promotion Council
• Council for Leather Exports
• Chemical and Allied Products Export Promotion Council
• The Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council
• Engineering Export Promotion Council
• National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council
• Plastics Export Promotion Council
• Sports Goods Export Promotion Council
• Project Exports Promotion Council of India
• Pharmaceutical Export Promotion Council
• Indian Oil Seeds & Produce Export Promotion Council (IOPEPC)
• Services Export Promotion Council
• EEPC India