.. . . ()) Cftp~ . . 6fjfJefT~Cf , EXTRAORDl~JARY ~~ ~ lr.{ffi ~ • PU.BILISHED BY AUTHORITY ---- --------~ - - · -~ ----- -·- litJI!~ ~, ~~~~. j 8 ~~ 1989, 27 ~~' !911 (111~) - Diapur, Tuesday, 18tll July, 1989, ·27th- Asadha, 1911 ( S. E. ) . - . - . - ----'--- ·---------- -----··- .. GOVERNMBNT OF ASSAM ~ ORDERS BY THE GOVERNOR LEGISLATIVE DEP..ARTMEN.T : LEGISLATIVE BRANCH NOTIFIC' A TION The 17th July 1989 No. LGL. 230/87/75.-The following, Act of the Assam Legislative Assembly whi .: ". received the assent. of the Governor is hereby published for general information.
11 .. . I .. , '· 958 THE ASSAM GAZETl'E. EXTRAORDINARY. JUl:.Y 18, 1989 ~--------------------- --'----- ASSAM ACT NO. XIX OF -1989 (Received the assent of the Governor· on 14th July, 1989) THE ASSAM PREFERENTIAL STORES PURCHASE ACT, 1989 An Act for encouraging growth of Indastrie~ in the State ·0r Assam specially small scale and · cottage imdustriea and fer taking m:!asures ancillary ~hereto : · Pr~am•k. Whereas tt · is c1pedlent and necessary to encourag1 growth of industries in the State of Assam specially. smal I scale ar.d cottage industries by patroni1ing their products on preferential basis and to rationalise and the procedure fol' purchase of stores required by the State Government, Government lostltution, Government Companies and State Govel.'nment undertaking ; Aad whereas the As111m Prefe:-cntial Stores Puroluise Rules, 1972 need to be replaced by an Act of the State ~ Legislature to hr·plemeot Industrlal Policy announced and published by the GoTeromeot . ~r Assam vide Notification No. Cl. 586/8'5, dated 24th December, 1986 : U is hereby enacted in the Fortie th Year of tbe Rep :.1bli~ of India as follow• :- Short 1. ( 1) This Ac:t may be called t ile Assam Prefor1mtial , title, extent Storea Purchase Act, .1989. and commencement· (2) It shall come · f 111to orce at once. {3) It ~tends to the whole of the State of As,am. . ' . Definitions. b2: In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in th• . sa Ject or context :-
(a) ·'Governor" mean• the GoTernor of Assam J
(b) "State'' mrans the State of Assam ;
(c) "State Government'' means ihc Government of Assam, ;
(d) .,State Board" rr.eans the Assam State Siores Pur- . cbaae Board CDnaiitvted udcr Steiion 3 of tbi1 Act • THE ASSAM GAZETTE. EXTRAORDINARY, JULY 18, 1989 9~;
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(f) "Departmental Puroba11e Committee'' . means a Committee comtitutd under section ·a of the Act ; "Small Scale Industry" mean1 an industrial unit in which the capital inveBtment for plant and machinery daes no~ exceed thirty-five lakbs rupees or any other amount as may be decided bJ the Central Government from time to time and located in cbc Sta :e of Asaam : · · (g 1 . "ancillary indu~tries" m1ans undertai.iuga · having inTCatment in fixed assets In ptant and machinery not e:u:eeding forty·flve lakhs rupeell 0r any otha:r a:nount as m11y bo decided by Central Government from time to time and located in the ~t11.te af Assam and engaged in ;-
(i) the mHufactur~ uf partl, componenta, suba~semblies, tecilings · er intermediates ; c•r
(ii) the rendering of services and supplying or rl'ndering or proposing to supply or render fifty per cen_~ of its rruduction of the to tal servicu as the ca1e may be to ether units for p•oduction · of other ' articles ; ·
(b) '•tin y i;;dustry" means under taking having invest ment in fixed assets in plant and machinery not . exceeding two lakhs rupees or any other amount aa may be decided by Oentral Government from time to time and located ·in ~he State of Assam ;
(i) t•other Indastry' ' m11ns aD Industrial unii located in ~.he State of Assam being · other than a small scale industry, an ancillary indmtry. a cottage lndustry, a tiny industrr and a khadi and village · indosti;y f
(j) "cottage lodU1try'' mean• a villag1: industry situated within the State of Assam under the Assam Kbadi and Viilagc Industries Board, Silk Board and also in cludes a .home illdU•try conducted in the State by an artisan member of a family or .groups OJ orga.niaaiion witlaout tho aid of hirtid labour ; · (k ) "petrchasing Authority'' means the pc.rson or autho rity whioh is d•ly aiith~rised or 11 compcteat to m~.te purchase of nores; . · (1) "'reiJistered Indu2try., means an induitrial uait regis tered under tho Direc;toraie of lndusJrie1 in aocor oance · with provisions of this Act. ;
(m) ''!ftores" means and in.cl 11d es atl items i:>rocured by thh Department/Corpo1taion11/Autonomous bobica Sta'tutory · Bodies! · ' i !>-. 960 rFE AsSA:rvr cAzETTE EXTRAORDINARY. JULY ls, 1989 Constitution · of the State Board. Term• of the Boaird.
(n) "Technical Committee" means tho Committee cont - tituted in p ursuan::. ef thill Act; ·
(o) "Director" m.eans Director of Inciiistries, Oovcrnmonl of Aaiam; ~ · {p) "Unit" means the Small Scale ladudrial Unit. aneillarJ industrial unit, tiny iRdusu ial uril, cotlage Indus trial unit and oJher indmtrial units;
(q) •'Prescribed'' means prescribed by rure1 made under this Act;
(r) '·Requiring Aat•orfty•• mea:na the State Government Departments and their 1ubordinate authorities, Staie Government Undertakings/Corporations/Statutory bG· dies/Autonomous todles i
(s) ' 'ASIDC" means 1he Assam Small Iadastrits Deve lopment Oorporat!on Ltd. 3, (1) Tbe State GoverDment, b7 notification in the 0111· cial Gazette, shall constitute a Board to be known as "The Assam State Store Purchase Board" oa sach term as may be specified in the Nolificatian with the members ipecified in the Schedulr.-I.
(2) Tbe State Government may, by ¬ification in the Official Gazette, reconstitute die B•ard frem time to time by chaugiug ihe mtmber of ihc Board.
4. {I) The term of the Board shall be for a period of three years unlcs1 reconsUtuted ea.Plier.
(2) The Board sball meet at least once in three month. (~) The minimum of five members wltla the Chairmaa or Vice-Chairman and tao Member-Secretary shall f0rm a quorum. Power and 5. (1) Tbe Board shall supervise and review ~c proper runctions. implementation of ihe Act and Rules framed thereunder.
(2) Without prejudice .to the generality of the fore-going provisions, the Board may,- .
(a) constitute suitable tcc:bnieal committee consisting of the Direeior, representatives of major purcha&ing authorities, rcpresentati•c of the concernc4 industries, Cost Accountant, Quality Control Officer of the ,. .• i'.HE ASSAM GAZETTE. EXTRAO~DINARY. JULY 18 , l%9 961 ·--------------- Directorate of Industries for laying do,._n quality specification or reasonable µri1,;es for dift"uent item11 of storei;, subject to the g"neral or speeial dlreo tioIJs of the Board:
Provided that Technical Committee for . items of Stores in Schedule-Ill shall be constituted by ASIDC as per Governmen t ·guide ·lines laid down in G. M. issued vid~ Notification No.PE. 61 /82 /1, dated 28tb. March, 1988 as in Schedule-IV.
(b) decide whtther in respect of any itema of stores or any registered inJustdes, any earnest money and 11ecurity depo11it should be prescribed ;
(c) approved prosec1&tion of concerned pur·cbasiag :Jfticial for breach of the provisions of the Act or direc· tives issued by the Beard thereunder.
6. A ttnit fulfilling tho foJJowing criteria shall be registen• under this Act and shall be eligible for incentives under this Act. Eligibility. ( 1) A ULit under small scale sector shall have 100 per cent employment of local people.
(2) A unit in the medium and large sector shall have emplo:ymeat of 80% local people in the managerial cadre and 90% of local people in the non-managerial cadre and that over a period of 5 tvears from the co•mencemeni of production of such medium and largo unit should take all tffective steps to ensure 100% employment of local people in non-managerial and 90% managerial posts.
(3) The location of administrative, registered controllini officers shall be within the Sta~e of Assam ..
(4) The unit should be reql:lisite machinery. in regular ,; produq ion having 962 THE ASSAM GAZETTE; EXTRAORDINARY, JULY 18, 1989 Preferences. 7. ( 1) (a) smaU Industrie&, Khadl and Cottape lndustri~s rogist.red under this Aet stlall ~e exempttd from payment Gf earnest money anti security . deposit for items in respl"Ct of which the units are registered. However, medium and large units have to par earnest meney and 1ccuri1y deposit at aay be prescribed.
(b) It«ms of stores mentioned in Schedulct-H, be known as "Reserved Iteni", shall be purchased by all requirin~ auth t'rities from ro1istered industries : .Provided that where the DirectoT with the p1ior app• roval of- the Chairman of the State Board certifies that the capacity for production wit~in Ue State of any such itein h1u oxhaus1ed, purchast1 from the open market as per usual pxocedurc as long as this c1o1Itificate remaining in force.
(c) Items of store• mentioned in Scr. ed ule-111 shall be purchased by requiring authorities from ASTDC. ASIDC shall foll?w the guidel inll§ regar riing · fi1:ation of price, commi iSi JD etc. as !aid down in office memorandum Issued by Notidcation No. PE-61 /88/1, · dated 28th March 1988 as in ... Schedule-IV . . (d) The State Governmeot s!aal 1 from time to time publish a list nf storai whien shall be purcilasecl by requi ring authoritie.i only from lndu.strial units. having valid Store Purchas.: Registration and in accordaac<; with the . policy laid dewn by the State Board.
(2) In respect of items of stores other than thoee mc11tioncd in Schedule-II er co,.ered by tbe Act price preference shall be given to . registered industries (or &ocir authorised agents and dealers) upto 15 per cent in case of Cottage Industries, 10 per ceot in ca"-e of Small lnd ustrie11 and 5 per tent in Gase of other industries 0f Allam. (S) .Without prejudice to the other provisions of the Act other things being eEJual, registered induatries should be preferred to units not so registered and within ihe industries so registered preference should b~ given to ci>ttag~ industries, small industries snd other ind11strie1 in tlu.t order, by giving a price preference upto 10 per cent and S p ' r crnt to registered eottage and small indu~trles respectively over registered other industries. " T_HE '.A:7.~ZE'ITE, EXTRAORDINARY, JWLY 18, 1989 963 ~urch~se , 8. For each department of the State Government there omraLttce. shell be a Purcbase Committee with th~ following officials :- Chairman-
1. Head of Department Member-
2. Diuctor of Industries or his representi tivc not below the raok o~ l. eputy Director. Member -
3. A representat ive of th!" Department not below the rank <'If U nder Secretary. Member-~ .
4. Fln<incial Adviser ef the Deputment. Member-Conven lf- ' S. Fina"cc and Accouats Officer ef tlle concerned Direc• torate :
Provided tha t in case of Printing and Statione . y Depart men" ::le ccetarfat Ada inistrative Department of tLe Assam S. Cl' <'.: toriat, the Deputy Secretary or Joint Secretary o. the D~pariment shall be the M~mbcr-Seoretary aAd the De Jart men1~l P 11 rcb1se Committee shall be headed by the - S pecial eommissioner or Commissioner or the . Secretary of ~he . Dep artmc;D t.
9. For each Oov$rnment Co.-poration, Governurnnt Uoder taking, Assam Electricity Board, tht:rc shall bo a Purchase Con: mittee which shall inci 1; de two representatives from Ole Stato Government, one of wt:ich sball be the Directcir or lndust1 ies or his representative not below tho rauk of DeputJ Direc::1or and t•e other representing the 1 inance Dcpanmcnt. Plll'cbase lU. Th~ decision of the Purchase Co 1.l mittce shali b1 <?<>~~ttcea 1 tecorded in a min:~ te'3 to be siguod by all members. 1be c .-cmon sha 1deci~ion of the Purch :ise Committee 1hall be binding H . be binding. the Depar•mont. · ... Inspection. 11. Th~ Purchasin~ authorities 1hall make aeceasary arrangem.e'lt for inspection of quality and quantity ett" .. •f stor 111 and arrange for pr~mpt payment of bills withi11 15 dayt .:-if receipt of the stores. Any dispute: about qualief m~) b.J · referred to the Techaicml Committee constituu1d · \lnde.11 ~ cction f(2) (11). . . I . 964 ~HE ASSAM GAZETTE. EXTRAORDINARY, JULY 18, 1989 Sanction.for. I!. Where it appears t.hat any Department, Company, Prosecution State Govetnment Undertaking or Organisation or Industrial Unit has contra'vrned any provision of the A1t or rule1 framed thereunder or any directive issued by the Board, the State Government may, ilfter such enquiry aa it deems nece s•ary, sal'lction prosecution of the Head of the Office, Organi sation, State Government Undertaking or Industrial Unit, as the case may be. Penalty for 13. Whoever contravenes any provision of this Act, shall offence. be punishable with the fine ,not exceeding one thousand rupees. Cognizance 14. No court inferior to that of a Judicial Magistrate, of offence. First Class 1hall take cognizance and try any offence under Offence. Annual Return. this Act. ·
15. · If any industrial units furnishes any false information or conceal information, defaults in supplying st~res in accor dance with commitments or supply short or substandard stores contrary to its commitment or indulge in any other unde1i rable activities such act or acts shall constitute an offence under this Act.
16. All purchasing authorities shall submit ·to their res pective administrative departments in the month of May every year an annual return of the purchase made during the last financial year. The administrative departments shall consoli date the1e returns and send them to the State Board in the month of June every year for review. Power to 17. The State Government may make rules for carrying make rules. h out t e purposes of this Act. Repf'al and 18. (1) The Assam Preferential Stores Purchase Rules, 1972, savings. are hereby repealed. · (2) Notwithstanding such repeal, any action under the Assam Preferential Stores Purchase Rules, 1972 shall be deemed to have been taken under this Act. Removal of 19. If any difficulty ari~es in giving effect to ,the provisions difficulties. of this Act, the State .Government may by general or special ,order give such direction not inconsistent with the provisions of fhe Aot as appears to be necessary or expedient for remov ing such difficulty and the order of the State Government in such cases shall be final. .. Power to 20. The State Government may, by notification in the exempt. Official Gazette, after recording the reasons in writing exempt any unit from the operation of any provisions of this Act oa !UCh condition as it deems fit . • ' . •• • J • ~ ~lE 1i...S ~AM GAZETT ;, EXTRAOH.Dll~ ... iutY, JULY 18, 1~89 965 . ------------·--,--~
SCHEDULE-. I (Se-ction-3)
(1) The Board shall be constituted with the following Members-
1. Commissioner, I ndustries Department Chairman. ,
2. Secretary, Industries Department Vice-Chairman. 3, Director, I ndustries Department Member-Secretary 4- Secretary, Public Works Department Member:
5. Secretary, Finance Department Membe!.
6. G'hief Engineer, P. w~ . D. (Building) Member.
7. Chief Engineer, P. W. D. (Roads) Member.
8. Chief Engineer, Public Health Engineering .. Member. Department.
9. Chief Engineer~ I rrigation IO. Ghief Cortservator of ;Forest (Gener~})
11. Director, Health Services ~2. Director, Public Instruction
13. Director, Technical Educatioa
14. Directol', Agrieulture
15. DirectoP General of Police (G)
16. Director, Rural Development
17. Director, Printing and Stationery 18, Inspector General of Prisons
19. Registrar of Co-operative Societies •··
20. Chairman, Assam State Blectricity Boatd 2i. ·Managing Director, Assam Small Industries Development Corportion Lt,d2
22. Managing Director, Assam State Road Transport Corporation Ltp. Member. Member. ' Member. · Member, , Member. Member. Member. Member- Member. Member, Member. Member. Member. Member. ------- --------·------------------ • 966 ~E ASSAM GAZETTE. EXTRAORDINARY, JULY 18, 19119
SCHEDULE-II [ Section 7 (1) (b) ]
1. Hospital beds of Steel.
2. Water tanks with capacity upto ··2,000 gallons.
3. Water buckets.
4. Steel truaks.
5. Soaps.
6. Phenyle.
7. Handloom and K.hadi table-cloth.
8. Handloom and Khadi curtains.
9. Handloom and Khadi bed covers.
10. Pesticides.
11. Jcr-seys, Socks, l>atUs vests and · ganjis.
12. Gamousas (including Gamousas) ··in1tead Of towels Officers.
13. Water ftitcrs . . 14. Surgical Cotton, Gauze and absorbent cottons.
15. Paints and Varnishes. 1 f. Bicycles.
17. Galvanised and Conduit pipes.
18. Condu ~<Ors.
19. Aluminium Utensil.
20. Brooms.
21. Roofing tiles.
22. Prestressed concrete pole.
23. R. C. C. Spun Pipes.
24. Garments. 25· Aluminium Furniture.
26. Steel Folding Cot1.
27. Steel Kit Boxes.
28. Rain Coat.
29. Umbrella.
30. Wax Candle. - 3-1. Bed sheet.
32. Cotton Bandages. for Poli co ••• ' -· r ':WE ASSAM GAZE'ITE, EXTRAORDINARY, JULY 18, 1989 967
SCHEDULE-Ill [See -Section 7(I) (c)] , List of S.S.l. Products to be Marketed by Assam Small Industries Development Corporation Limited, Initially.
1. Wire netting and Berbed wire.
2. Sewing 'Machine.
3. Canvas Articles.
4. Drugs ancl pharmaceuticals and Clinical equipments.
5. St~el · furniture.
6. AyuNedfc Madfcfnct.
7. Black · Bolll'dt and · duster*~ ·
8. Plastic · item•~
9. Cane & Bamboo ·itcriu. 1 O. Blecti'ical' · Acct11orics~
11. w oodcn furnitures: <'
12. Uniforms and Curtains.
15. File Board/File C0'9"er1fBnvelopcs.
14. Chatt pandls/Iuk. · IS. Iron Oates and· Grilli.' ' 968 THE ASSAM GAZETTE, EXTRAORDINARY, JULY 18, 1989
SCHEDULE-IV [ SectiOn 7(1 1 (c) ] GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM : :rDEP.ARTMENT OF PUBLIC ENTERPRISES No. PE. 61/88/1 Dated Dispur, the 28th March 1988 OFFICE MEMORANDUM Sub : Purchase of Products Manufactured ~y. Local -SSI Units ASIDC' Ltd. and .Dealt in by Assam Small Industries Deve lopment Corporation Ltd. In the matter of, purchases made by the Government Deptts. and other organisation and public · sector undertaking etc pursuant to the Cabinet decision on the subjei:t mentioned above the Governor of Assam is pleased to issue the following guide-lines which 'shall be strictly adhered to henceforth by all Government Deptts., their subordinate authorities, Government organisations and public sector undertakings while making their purchases of any SSI products wh,ich are dealt in or manufactured by ASIDC Limited. / ·
1. Investments in the public sector are made on overall grounds of public policy, public enterprise~ have to be made viable and the capacities created should be utilised to the fullest extent. The . State Government Departments, their subordinate .authorities, Government Organisations and public sector undertaking shall, therefore, invariably make purchases of all their requirements for such items/materials/products from the ASIDC Limited, which the Corporation deals in or, manufactures. Qu'ality require ment and reasonable delivery schedules should, of course, be· enforced. A list of items Qf materials/products to be dealt in or manufactur<:<d by the ASIOC Limited, is given in Annexure-1. The ASIDC Limited, may publish such list incorporating · therein any changes/modification · .is with regard to items as and when such assign arises.
2. The price of such SSI products will be· fixed by .thee Technical Committee constituted by Assam Small Industries Development Corpora tion Ltd .. , with members from neutral organisations and concerned departments . · · ·
3. Purchasing authorities shall pay to the Corporation upto 5% as commission over the price fixed by the Corporation.
4. The purchasing authorities shall pay advance to the extent of 90% of the value of the orders placed with the Corpn.
5. These Guide-lines will not be applicable in cases of purchase of such items as at the time of flood, earthquake,. storm and· such othel' natural calaroiiies epidemic, etc. \ • THE ASSAM GAZETTE, EXTRAORDINARY. JULY !8, 1989 969
6. If any dispute or difference of opinion arises in regarct to any matter mentioned in this office Memorandum, the same should be re ferred to the Department of Public Enterprises of decision and any decision given by the Department of Public Enterprises on 1uch reference shall be binding on all the concerned parties . . ..
7. This will come into force with immediate effect. Memo No. P.E.6 1/88/ l-A, Copy to:- Sd/- (S. CHATERJEE), 4-4-88, Secretary to the Government of Assam, Department of Public Enterprises. Dated Dispur, the 28th March 1988 '· The Commissioner and Secretary' to . the Government of Assam, Industries Department. This referred to his U/O Note dated 23rd Ma1ch 1988 in fodustries Depratment File No. Cl 341/87.
2. The Accountant General, Ac;sam etc. Shillong 79300.L.
3. All Administrative Departments. ,4. All Heads of Departments. 5! All Chief Executives of State Pub:ic Enterprises. ..
6. ~anaging Director, Assan t Small Industries Development Corporation Ltd., Guwahati, P.O. Bamuiiimaidan. He is requested to give due public .ty to this Government decision, effectively authorise all Govet nment/Semi-Government Organisation and Registered SSI Onits and their Organisation and take all needful steps towards implementation of the Government decision. By order, etc. S. CHATERJEE, 4-4-88 Secretary to _the Go\•ernment of Assam, Department of Public Enterprises. 970 THE ASSAM GAZETTE, EXTRAORD.INARY .JULY 18, 1989 ANNE XU RE-I LIST OP S. S. I PRODUCTS TO BE MARKETED BY ASSAM SMALL INDUSTRms DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION LIMITED INlTIALh Y 1 Wire· Netting and larbed Wire • .2 Sewing Machine. 3 Oanns A•ticles. <t- Drug and Pharmaeeuticala and Clinical equipmorit~ 5 Steel Furniture. 6 Ayurvedic medicines. 7 Black Boardi; and Dusters. a Plastic items. • 9 Cane & Damboo itei;ns . . 10 Electrical Acce9'orie1. 11 Wooden Furniture. 12 Uniforms and curtains. 13 File Board/File Coven/Envelope. 14 Chalk Paacils/lnk. 15 Iroa Oates and Orllls. • "t ' I THE ASSAM GAZETrE, EXTRAORDINARY JULY 18, 1989 971 ANNEXURE-A MARKETING . ASSIST ANCB SCHEME To implement the new SSI . products purchase Rules, tho A.ssam Small . Industrica Development Corporation will follow the Sd1.en1tt . .. ~numerated below, ldontificatons of the items : In . the first stage only 15 items <tt SSI products will be taken over by the ASIDC for suppiy to tht Government {~epartment. " The items are : I. Wire Netting and Barbed Wire.
2. Sewin~ Machine.
3. Canvas articles.
4. Drugs and, Pharmaceuticals and clinical equipments.
5 . Steel furniture.
6. Ayurvedic medicines.
7. Black Boards and Dusters.
8. Plastic. items.
9. Cane aRd Bamboo items. 10 · . Electrical Accessorias.
11. Wooden Furniture.
12. Uniforms and Curtains. • f
18. File . Board/File Coven/Envelope.
14. Chalk pencils/Ink.
15. bon Gat~s and Grills. Q.aality Control:
1. The items for which simple measuring tools are sufficient Technica \ Offioers of the . Corporation will look after the quality control. A certificate wlll be issued by the Corporation if required by the ..... purchasing. aJithority. Other items for which laboratory facilities an Hquired will be teated in · the Central- Quality Contr0I Laboratory; Dir.torate of Industries, the ~mall Industries SorviCG bt[hite ~ ad !"he Public AwAlyst, Assam. · ' ' 972 TH::!: ASS.LU\! GAZETTE. EX1nAORI:: ~NARY JULY 18, 1909 ------- ----- - (
2. Deviation : If an item is found to deviate from the specified standard, the purchasing authority may accept the iterp. under deviation &nd at a certain percentage reduction of price which is agreeable to SSI Unit.
3. Rejected items : Every effort will be made by the Cotp'oration officials to maintain a uniform · quality of the items before supply is made by the SSI Units even after that there must remain some substandard stores fixed with standard items. Such items may be rejected by the purchasing authority. The SSI Units will replace and remove such stores at their own cost. The purchasing authority will inform the Corporation about the acceptance or· rejection immediately after the stores are received. ' ' . Manufacta1 iog : The Corporation will provide the necessary raw-materials to a unit for execution of the order. One field officer will look after the proper utilisation of the materials in every step. An order can be cancelled and materiaJs withdr~wn from a unit with an imme diately effective notice. This might be necessary to ensur:;, proper utilisation of the materials. ' Pricing : The following steps wiH be taken by the Corpmation to ensure a reaso~able and fair price of the items.
(i). The entire . State will be divided into Zones and price of each item will be fixed Zonewise. This will help the purchaser to procure required stores from th.e nearest source at the most reasonable price. .
(ii) Tenders. will be invited by the Corporation by advertisement in , three or four local news papers in three consecutive issues giving one month time to the SSI Units. Tender papers will be issued by the Corporation by realising th.e cost of . the ' papers from the intending tenderers. . ,
(iii) The rates . quoted will show the· break up of cost of each item; · ..
(iv) A technical committee will be formed by the Corporation with its own personnel ·and representatives of the Directorate of Industries, Small Industries Service [nstitutcs, Bureau of Indian State Public Ana"lyst and any other agenci ': s that th~ Corporation deem. I rHE ASSAM GAZE'ITE, EXTRAORDINARY, JULY 18, !989 973
(v) The Committee shall sit and examine the rate and fixed most reasonable at a certain date.
(vi) As the market price 0f every item of raw-mate1ials, :abour, rent etc. are increasing every day. There ~h~JJ . be .·. a increase factor of ead item fixed by the Technical Committee• F= (A+ B + C ... • •. - .. ) p Column · F-Price increase factor. P_:..:Ptice fixed, original. A-Cost of raw-materials. B-Cost of labour . 0-Cost of. . ~ . . ... ....... etc. This procedure of a variable price will save the purchasers from loss due .to increase in cost with time· The technical committee cannot sit every month and spend enough time to fix new prices for the times. Thus enormous man-power, money and stationery will be . saved by the Government in purchasing the stores. REGISTRATION OF UNITS;
1. Ali SSI Units with valid stores -purchase registration with the Directorate of Industries are eligible to be enrol led under this scheme if its products falls under the enlisted items. ·
2. A unit found to be suitabie for registration will be asked to deposit Rs. 100.00 as registration fee and all rele vant particulars of the unit will be entered in a register. The units found to · be not suitable wiU be informed of the reason for . disqualification, so that the unit can .take steps lo rectify the· short comings. / i '· I 974 THE ASSAM GAZE'ITE. EXTRAORDINARY, JULY 18, 1989
3. As the Corporation connot handover the raw-mate .. rials to unit without security, all units registered under this scheme shall have to provide . sufficient security with the Corporation. The securities shall be in the form of (a) Lan ded property form or (b) Collateral surity in the form of guarantee or (c) Bank guarantee. INDENTING: T'1e purchasing authorities will issue indent to the Corporation for the required products_ 'with 90% advance. The Corporation wm immediately allot the work to the most suitable unit or units to complete supply within stipulated time. If the supply couJd not be completed in due time by the Corporation the purchasing authorities will deduct It% p. m· from bills. The stores w'll be despa tched by the units only after they are given despatch instructions by the ASIDC. Normally the despatch will 'have to commence within the third day from the date of despatch instructions, failin~ which the unit may oe penalised the extent .of baak intere&t on the amount. The stores will be received by the purchasing authority and the acceptance or rejection notes will be issued on the challans. · The Corporations will release payment up to 90% of the: bills to the units on completion of supply. Any advance or advances will be deducted fully~ The remaining 10% will be released on rec<;:ipt of full pavments of th.e bills from the purchasing authority, , INABILITY TO SUPPLY If the Corperation is unable to supply some items for any reasons, the purchasing authority will be communicated immediately in writing so that the authority may arrange purchase from alternative sources~ • THE ASS.AM GAZETTE, EXTRAORDINARY, JULY 18, 1989 IP75 ORGANISATION T he: scheme will be looked a fter by a manageri with senior officerr. under him. There shall be same field officers who will constantly visit the units executing orders. They will report to the senior officers about the smooth operation of the schemes. The problems arise which could not be solved~ by the senior officers, the matter will be reported to the Manager : for further action . The management of the Corporation shall review the procedures from time to time for any changes required . G UW Al-lATl-Prillted & Pl.lbtisbod by the Dy. Director{PJ, Directorate of Ptg• a11ci Sty., A1sam, Guwahati-21 {Bx-Gazette) No.231-l,JI0-300-18-7-1989· • • ti l . . ' ·"~