Restructuring Committee Of PCCC Finalizes Recommendations To Be Submited In Next Meeting

The Restructuring Committee of Pakistan Central Cotton Committee (PCCC ) has recommended to collect cotton cess from textile mills through collectors of the respective district as per Cess Act 1923 in order to streamline the financial matters of the committee

ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 06th Dec, 2017 ) :The Restructuring Committee of Pakistan Central Cotton Committee (PCCC ) has recommended to collect cotton cess from textile mills through collectors of the respective district as per Cess Act 1923 in order to streamline the financial matters of the committee.

Besides, it has recommended for keeping other testing fees and charges unchanged to promote the textile value addition sector of the country as well as enhancing the cotton crop output across the crop growing areas of the country, said Cotton Commissioner in the Ministry of Textile Industry Dr Khalid Abdullah.

Talking to APP here on Wednesday he said that the restructuring committee has finalised its report and it would be presented in the next meeting of PCCC for approval and the meeting is scheduled to be held by the second week of current month.

The committee also recommended the PCCC to multiply only early generation seed of popular varieties and multiplication may be done through provincial authorities or through private sector to ensure availability of seed for cotton growers.

He said that it had also recommend that PCCC would auction its seed varieties through open competitive process in order to multiply the seed varieties to enhance per acre crop output in the country, adding that the committee also suggested for hiring a consultant to finalize the auction process and frame the details in this regard.

He further said that All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) was asked to share name of some consultant to develop the programme, besides the APTMA was also asked to discuss the matter of non-payment of cess with their members and resolve the issue on priority.

Cotton Commissioner said that the committee has recommended that the posts of vice-president and chief executive officer should not be separated and vice-president will also work as CEO, adding that it was recommended that vice president or CEO should only be an expert, well experienced in cotton and cotton research hired through open competitive process.

The Restructuring Committee has suggested that post of chief financial officer was not required and asked that director admin who is presently looking after the work of accounts should continue, besides the post of chief scientist was not required and should be abolished, CEO or VP will work as chief scientist, he remarked.

The PCCC, he said was also asked for focusing on making cotton crop more profitable and competitive by exploring the possibility of wheat sowing in cotton by introducing agriculture economic and large scale planting techniques preferably mechanization.

Meanwhile, Cotton Research Institute Multan was directed to prepare a concept note for popularization the wheat sowing along with cotton crop with in 15 days with consultation of other stakeholders.

It is worth mentioning here that that Ministry of Textile Industry had constituted a committee for restructuring the PCCC, in order to enhance the performance of the body. The restructuring committee comprised of four members of National Assembly including Chaudhry Asad-ur-Rahman, Chaudhry Iftikhar Nazir, Sheikh Fayyaz-ud-din and Sajid Mehdi.

Secretary Ministry of Textile Industry and two members of All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) were also the members of restructuring committee.