Uttar Pradesh Annual Report 2009-10 - CII

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Sugar Tech 2009: "Shorter Seasons
in Sugar Industry - Opportunities &
Challenges"
September 30, 2009: Lucknow
With the objective to review the substantial fall in
the production of sugar in the state, assess
challenges & opportunities and arrive at
meaningful solutions to benefit the farmers,
industry and the government, CII Uttar Pradesh
organized a one day conference on “Shorter
Seasons in Sugar Industry – Opportunities &
Challenges - Sugar Tech 2009”.
Welcoming the participants, Mr Ramesh Suri,
Chairman, CII Uttar Pradesh asserted the aim said
"we are here to ensure that the Indian Sugar
Industry finds its place in the sun again". Further
he brought to the notice, the issues faced by the
farmers relating to their sizeable chunk of money
not being cleared by the sugar factories and delay
in announcing the levy price by the government,
which ultimately leave farmers distressed.
Geographical Indication (GI) is one form of
Intellectual Property Protection which can protect
these intangible assets for identity and reputation
in the National and International Market. In due
course, with proper enforcement mechanism
these GIs can provide business opportunities and
Wealth Creation to the end users that are artisans,
weavers and craftsman. The GI can also be
commercially leveraged for enhancing incomes of
such artisans while providing assurance of
product quality to consumers.
With this perspective, Export Promotion Bureau,
Government of Uttar Pradesh invited CII Uttar
Pradesh State Office to sign a Memorandum of
Understanding, for facilitating the GI registration of
six products in Uttar Pradesh. These products
include Locks of Aligarh, Sports goods of Meerut,
Patchworks of Rampur, Kababs of Lucknow and
Petha, Dalmot & Marble Work of Agra.
CII Uttar Pradesh State Office has initiated this
project in association with Andhra Pradesh
Technology Development and Promotion Center
(APTDC).
6th Northern Regional Council
Meeting
February 5, 2010: Lucknow
Mr Atul Kumar Gupta, Chief Secretary and Chief
Guest for the session felt that in the current
situation, it is pertinent to look at long term
measures and addressed the needs of the most
important state holder: the farmer. He suggested
for a loyalty bonus system or fixed cane price for
two years, which can be introduced for
maintaining a long term relationship between
industry and farmer.
The technical sessions of Sugar Tech 09 included
a session on agriculture to address issues in
Sugarcane Development and Marketing. The
other sessions were on CEO's perspective on
industry issues and on engineering & technology
to share best practices in sugar & allied industries.
The conference saw participation of over 150
delegates from sugar and allied sectors from
different parts of Uttar Pradesh and the NCR
region.
Intellectual property protection of
identified Geographical Indications
of UP
The state of Uttar Pradesh is endowed with variety
of traditional art, process and products which are
exclusive to the state’s heritage and culture.
Mr Kiron Chopra, Past Chairman CII UP State Council, Mr Anil Shukla, CII,
Mr Ramesh Suri, Chairman CII UP State Council, Mr D D Verma,
Principal Secretary – Tax & Registration, UP, Mr Harpal Singh,
Chairman CII Northern Region
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CII Northern Regional Council organized its 6
Northern Regional Council Meeting at Lucknow.
The Regional Council Members interacted with the
state officials. Welcoming the guests, Mr Harpal
Singh, Chairman, CII Northern Region discussed
the agenda. Mr DD Verma, Principal Secretary,
Taxation and Registration, Uttar Pradesh, in his
Colourful evening during the Regional Council Meeting
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