Divisions
Rules, FTA Coordination, Regional and Plurilateral Division
Functions of the Division

Dealing with matters/issues related to:
    • Regional and Plurilateral engagements
      i. Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), Asia Europe Meeting (ASEM), BRICS, Commonwealth, G-7, G-15, G-24, G-77, India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA), Indian Ocean Rim-Association (IORA), Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), and World Economic Forum (WEF)ii. United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and other UN agencies
      iii. Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement (APTA)
      iv. Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) Free Trade Agreement Negotiations
      v. Mega FTAs (TTIP, CPTPP, RCEP, etc.)
    • Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) and their monitoring
    • Global System of Trade Preferences (GSTP)
    • Rules of Origin (Preferential and Non-Preferential)
        i. Rules of Origin negotiations and support to Territorial Divisions

      ii. Rules of Origin in WTO

      iii. Certificate of Origin

      iv. Authorization of agencies, Monitoring, verification and other issues of Rules of Origin

      v. Broad Policy on Rules of Original (non-preferential)

  • FTA utilisation, Overall FTA Coordination, Impact Analysis, Monitoring & Outreach
  • Issues related to Global Value Chain (GVC)/Supply Chain Resilience (such as the IPEF, EUTTC, SCRI, etc.)
Officers in the Division
      • Shri Tapan Mazumdar : Addl. DGFT
      • Ms Taruna Doliya : Deputy Secretary
      • Shri T.G.K. Jagannadham : Deputy Secretary
      • Shri Anupam Kumar : Deputy DGFT
      • Shri Rizul Arora : Section Officer
Mandatory disclosures under RTI Act
I. Work allocation at the level of Joint Secretary/Addl DGFT/Economic Adviser
Shri Tapan Mazumder, Additional DGFT
        • Matters/issues related to:

          • Regional and Plurilateral engagements
              i. APEC, ASEM, BRICS, Commonwealth, G-7, G-15, G-24, G-77, IBSA, IORA, OECD, SCO, and WEF

            ii. UNCTAD

            iii. APTA

            iv. BIMSTEC Free Trade Agreement Negotiations

            v. Mega FTAs (TTIP, CPTPP, RCEP, etc.)

        • GSP and their monitoring
        • GSTP
        • Rules of Origin (Preferential and Non-Preferential)
            i. Rules of Origin negotiations and support to Territorial Divisions

          ii. Rules of Origin in WTO

          iii. Certificate of Origin

          iv. Authorization of agencies, Monitoring, verification and other issues of Rules of Origin

          v. Broad Policy on Rules of Original (non-preferential)

        • FTA utilisation, Overall FTA Coordination, Impact Analysis, Monitoring & Outreach
        • Issues related to GVC/Supply Chain Resilience (such as the IPEF, EUTTC, SCRI, etc.)
        • Administration and Coordination of TNB (Rules, FTA Coordination, Regional and Plurilateral Arrangements Division)
        • Financial and Budget matters, Pre-Budget Proposals
II. Work allocation at the level of Director/Deputy Secretary
Ms Taruna Doliya, Deputy Secretary
  • Rules of Origin (Preferential and Non-Preferential)
    • Rules of Origin negotiations and support to Territorial Divisions
    • Rules of Origin in WTO
    • Certificate of Origin
    • Authorization of agencies, Monitoring, verification and other issues of Rules of Origin
    • Broad Policy on Rules of Original (non-preferential)
Shri T.G.K. Jagannadham, Deputy Secretary

Regional and Plurilateral engagements

    • i. APEC, ASEM, BRICS, Commonwealth, G-7, G-15, G-24, G-77, IBSA, IORA, OECD, SCO, and WEF
    • ii. UNCTAD and other UN agencies
    • iii. APTA
    • iv. BIMSTEC Free Trade Agreement Negotiations
    v. Mega FTAs (TTIP, CPTPP, RCEP, etc.)

  • GSP and their monitoring
  • GSTP
  • FTA utilisation, Overall FTA Coordination, Impact Analysis, Monitoring & Outreach
  • Issues related to GVC/Supply Chain Resilience (such as the IPEF, EUTTC, SCRI, etc.)
  • Administration and Coordination of TNB (Rules, FTA Coordination, Regional and Plurilateral Arrangement Division)
  • Financial and Budget matters, Pre-Budget Proposals