Sitharaman lays foundation stone of Sub Office of Export Inspection Council at Vizag
Updated: Aug 21, 2015 11:49:39am
Vishakhapatnam, Aug 21 (KNN) Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today laid the foundation stone of Sub Office and Laboratory Complex of Export Inspection Council here and assured that this it will be supported with state of the art laboratory infrastructure to save time and cost of transportation.
Commending the role of Commerce Ministry in facilitating the export trade from India, Sitharaman said that “We are going to conduct the India International Seafood Show in Visakhapatnam. She assured that whatever support is required to facilitate the export trade the commerce ministry will provide to develop the region.”
While laying the foundation stone of Sub Office and Laboratory Complex of Export Inspection Council at Vishakahapatnam, she informed that this office complex in particular will be supported with state of the art laboratory infrastructure with latest facilities and sophisticated instruments is expected to meet the analytical requirements of seafood industries at Visakhapatnam, and save time and cost of transportation.
She also assured that Export inspection Council should get the building ready at earliest by 2017.
The ceremony was attended by Ganta Srinivasa Rao, Minister for Human Resource Development, Government of Andhra Pradesh and K Haribabu, Member of Parliament, Visakhapatnam and officers from local authorities, office bearer of seafood exporters association and several distinguished exporters.
Export Inspection Council (EIC) of India, under the Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India, along with its filed agencies Exports Inspection Agencies (EIAs) located across the country with a network of 30 sub offices (SO) are responsible for the quality control and inspection of notified commodities from India.
On this 50th year of its inception today EIA Chennai SO Visakhapatnam celebrated its foundation stone laying ceremony.
Visakhapatnam, one of the 7 sub-offices under EIA Chennai, was established in 1973, is rendering service to the export trade for the past 42 years.
The current office is supported by a small microbiological testing facility. In order to strengthen the infrastructure in this region, this initiative was taken and to achieve the ultimate goal of serving the export trade community effectively, and developing trust among its trading partners to achieve global recognition. (KNN Bureau)
Commending the role of Commerce Ministry in facilitating the export trade from India, Sitharaman said that “We are going to conduct the India International Seafood Show in Visakhapatnam. She assured that whatever support is required to facilitate the export trade the commerce ministry will provide to develop the region.”
While laying the foundation stone of Sub Office and Laboratory Complex of Export Inspection Council at Vishakahapatnam, she informed that this office complex in particular will be supported with state of the art laboratory infrastructure with latest facilities and sophisticated instruments is expected to meet the analytical requirements of seafood industries at Visakhapatnam, and save time and cost of transportation.
She also assured that Export inspection Council should get the building ready at earliest by 2017.
The ceremony was attended by Ganta Srinivasa Rao, Minister for Human Resource Development, Government of Andhra Pradesh and K Haribabu, Member of Parliament, Visakhapatnam and officers from local authorities, office bearer of seafood exporters association and several distinguished exporters.
Export Inspection Council (EIC) of India, under the Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India, along with its filed agencies Exports Inspection Agencies (EIAs) located across the country with a network of 30 sub offices (SO) are responsible for the quality control and inspection of notified commodities from India.
On this 50th year of its inception today EIA Chennai SO Visakhapatnam celebrated its foundation stone laying ceremony.
Visakhapatnam, one of the 7 sub-offices under EIA Chennai, was established in 1973, is rendering service to the export trade for the past 42 years.
The current office is supported by a small microbiological testing facility. In order to strengthen the infrastructure in this region, this initiative was taken and to achieve the ultimate goal of serving the export trade community effectively, and developing trust among its trading partners to achieve global recognition. (KNN Bureau)
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