The 15th Finance Commission has decided to constitute a High Level Expert Group on Agriculture Exports in pursuance of its Terms of Reference i.e, to recommend measurable performance incentives for States to encourage ari exports as well as to promote crops to enable high import substitution.
The composition of the group is as below:
- Shri Sanjiv Puri, Chairman and Managing Director, ITC – Chairman
- Ms. Radha Singh, Former Agriculture Secretary – Member.
- Representative of Ministry of Food Processing Industries – Member.
- Chairman, Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), Ministry of Commerce and Industry – Member.
- Shri Suresh Narayanan, CMD, NESTLE India – Member.
- Mr. Jay Shroff, CEO-UPL Limited – Member.
- Shri Sanjay Sacheti, Country Head India-Olam Agro India Ltd. – Member.
- Dr. Sachin Chaturvedi, Director General, RIS – Member.
Functions: The commission will ssess export & import substitution opportunities for Indian agricultural products (commodities, semi processed and processed) in the changing international trade scenario and suggest ways to step up exports sustainably and reduce import dependence.
