Proposed amendment request in the SEZ Rules, 2006 for IT/ITES sector

Oct 20, 2022 | Electronics Manufacturing Committee

AMCHAM India has submitted an amendment request to Mr. Vipul Bansal, Joint Secretary, SEZ, Dept. of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry on October 20, 2022. The following points were highlighted: industry concerns about phased-out direct tax exemptions; and a request in the SEZ Rules, 2006 for optimal utilisation of existing SEZ infrastructure, which has already been created but is vacant to the tune of 30% on average

Request for consideration on Labour codes for the Electronics Manufacturing segment for the draft Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions (Karnataka) Rules 2022

Jul 21, 2022 | Cyber Security Committee, Electronics Manufacturing Committee, Information and Communication Technology Committee

In consultation with electronics manufacturing committee members, AMCHAM India made a submission on labour codes for the electronics manufacturing segment for the draft Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Rules 2022 for consideration by Mr. Manoz Jain, Secretary to the Government, Labour Department, Government of Karnataka on July 21, 2022

Request for consideration on Labour codes for the Electronics Manufacturing segment for the draft Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions (Tamil Nadu) Rules 2022

Jul 14, 2022 | Cyber Security Committee, Electronics Manufacturing Committee, Information and Communication Technology Committee

In consultation with electronics manufacturing committee members, AMCHAM India made a submission on labour codes for the electronics manufacturing segment for the draft Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Rules 2022 for consideration by Mr. K. Jagathesan M.E., Director, Directorate of Industrial Safety and Health, Labour Welfare and Skill Development Department, Government of Tamil Nadu on July 14, 2022.

Requests for consideration on draft Development Enterprise and Services Hub (DESH) Bill to enhance functioning of the SEZ Legislation

Jul 9, 2022 | Cyber Security Committee, Electronics Manufacturing Committee, Information and Communication Technology Committee

AMCHAM India took forward the industry’s requests for consideration on the draft Development Enterprise and Services Hub (DESH) Bill to Mr. B.V.R. Subrahmanyam, Commerce Secretary, Dept. of Commerce Ministry of Commerce and Industry and Mr. Anurag Jain, Secretary, Dept. for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry to enhance the functioning and ease of doing business in SEZs legislation on July 9th 2022 and July 8th, 2022.

Recommendation for WTO Customs Duty Moratorium on Electronic Transmissions: Submission for Consideration

Jun 6, 2022 | Cyber Security Committee, Electronics Manufacturing Committee, Information and Communication Technology Committee

In consultation with the industry members, AMCHAM India submitted its recommendations on the WTO Customs Duty Moratorium on Electronics Transmission to Mr. Alkesh Kumar Sharma, Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY), Govt. of India and Mr. Deepak Bagla, Managing Director and CEO, Invest India, Govt. of India on June 6th, 2022.

Industry Request on CERT-In Directions 2022

May 13, 2022 | Cyber Security Committee, Electronics Manufacturing Committee, Information and Communication Technology Committee

On May 13th, 2022, AMCHAM India shared preliminary concerns on behalf of industry members related to CERT-In Directions 2022, notified on April 28th, 2022 to Dr. Sanjay Bahl, Director General, Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India. Issues related to global server timing, NTP server connections, short incident reporting time periods, etc. were covered. AMCHAM requested industry/stakeholder consultation on the topic with the department.