Prescribed visiting hours for non officials/members of trade for meetings with officials at DGFT Headquarters.

MinistryGovernmentofCommerceof India& Industry - : Departmentof Commerce DirectorateUdyog Bhawan,General ofNew ForeignDelhiTrade

Trade Notice No. 1/2015 dated 20” April, 2015

To ExportMembersPr o fmotion TradeCoundis

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Subject : Prescribed visiting hours for non officials/ members of trade for meetings with officialsat OGFT Headquarters.

| It has been under consideration for some time that the meetings between the | officers of this Directorate and the Members of Trade/public in respect of pending issues/ | grievances etc. be made more fruitful and result oriented. To achieve this objective,it has 7 been decided to streamline the procedure for interaction and in so far as DGFT , Headquarters is concemed, visiting hours between 3 P.M. — 5 P.M. each working day would be earmarked for meetings with non officials/ Members of Trade. 2. While, visitors would be free to seek meetings with the officers of this Directorate, who are authorised to interact as per the extant instructions, during the visiting hours, yet it would be more beneficial if prior appointment is fixed and the specific issues proposed to be discussed are speltout in advance. This would enablethe officers to prepare beforehand for the meeting and also inform the prospective visitors of their pre-occupation (if any) theenablingtime alternativeof the visitorsappointment.who otherwiseIt is felthave thattothe aforesaidwaste their measuretime waiting wouldfor helpa inparticular saving , officer when such an officer may be pre-occupied elsewhere or be on tour or on leave. 3. It is darified that the aforesaid arrangement would be in place only for meetings _ _ with officers working in OGFT Headquarters.

(Varsha Sinha) Joint Director General[varsha.sinha@nic.in] Email[:] of Foreign Trade . Tele : 23061562 Extn. 238 Copy to RAs for information : It is advised that similar Trade Notice may be issued by them in respect of their offices as per local convenience. (Issued from File No.epa