Minutes of Second meeting of COPIA held on 3rd May, 2013
COPIA
No.MIA-190/2013
Dated: 3.05.2013
Minutes of second meeting of Confederation of Punjab Industries Association held at MIA Bhawan on 3rd May, 2013 at 3.00pm.
Present: Shri Anurag Aggarwal – President MIA
Shri R.S.Nibber - Sr.Vice President, MIA
Shri Yogesh Sagar - Vice President MIA
Shri R.P.Singh - General Secretary MIA
Shri Sanjeev Vashisht - Joint Secretary, MIA
Shri KHS Dhindsa Finance Secretary MIA
Shri Raj Jindal - Vice President All India Steel Re-Rollers Association
Shri Harmesh Jain - Co-Chairman, Small Scale Steel Re-Rollers Assn.
Shri Harcharan Singh - General Secretry, Chanalon Banmajra Industries Assn
Shri Ashok K.Gupta - Permanent Invitee, MIA
Shri Anurag Aggarwal President MIA welcomed all the members to the second meeting of COPIA. He informed the members that the minutes of first meeting of COPIA were circulated to all the Associations. He also informed that as agreed during the last meeting, a Google group of associations has been formed and members can now share information on Google, send emails and be in touch with other members.
Shri Raj Jindal, Vice President All India Steel Re-Rollers Association and Shri Harmesh Jain – Co Chairman of Small Scale Steel Re-Rollers Association Mandi Gobindgarh said that information sharing is vital for all the associations. They also said that the parent body of the Association should be contacted once the information has been forwarded by the office. This will ensure participation of more associations during the meetings.
The President informed that there are many common issues which need to be addressed for the benefit of the members.
Some of the points which were shared with the members were:
- Refund of VAT should be expedited
- Filing of E-Trip is not compulsory yet. A notification to this effect will be released by the Department.
- Units under MS Category will not be inspected by PSPCL officials
- MIA has met Director Commercial PSPCL and Member Distribution PSPCL regarding charged being levied on commercial rates for IT based units. Since the unit is registered as an industrial plot and Service tax and Excise is being paid by the said unit the same will be treated as a commercial establishment. Matter has been taken up with the Regulatory Commission for amendment in the said circular.
Shri Raj Jindal – VP All India Steel Re-Rollers Association proposed that for every monthly meeting of COPIA a government official from any department should be invited so that associations can interact and take up their problems. This will ensure participation of Associations.
The tentative date for the next meeting will be Tuesday, 11th June, 2013.
Anurag Aggarwal
President MIA