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INDIA’S ANNUAL REPORT 2011 KIMBERLEY PROCESS CERTIFICATION SCHEME 31 st March 2012 The Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (Sponsored by the Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India) Kimberley Process Imp/Exp Authority in India Tower B, BE -1010A, Bharat Diamond Bourse, Opp. NABARD Bank, Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra (E) Mumbai – 400 051 Tel: + 9122 26544711/712/713/714, Fax: +9122 26544717/26524764 E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]

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INDIA’S

ANNUAL REPORT

2011

KIMBERLEY PROCESS CERTIFICATION SCHEME

31st March 2012

The Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (Sponsored by the Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India)

Kimberley Process Imp/Exp Authority in India Tower B, BE -1010A, Bharat Diamond Bourse, Opp. NABARD Bank,

Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra (E) Mumbai – 400 051 Tel: + 9122 26544711/712/713/714, Fax: +9122 26544717/26524764

E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]

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C O N T E N T S

1. FOREWORD 1

2. ANNUAL REPORT 2 - 19

3. ANNEXURES - 1

List of updated Specimen Signatures as of March 2012 20-22

Sample copy of KP Certificate with New Logo & address 23 4. ANNEXURES - 2

DGEP's Notfn on Marange Diamonds – 2nd Dec 2011

MoC's OM on Marange Diamonds – 24th Nov 2011 & 19th Aug 2011

5. ANNEXURE - 3

1. Trade data for Jan/ March 2011 quarter 2. Trade data for April / June 2011 quarter 3. Trade data for July/ Sept 2011 quarter 4. Trade data for Oct / Dec 2011 quarter

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FOREWORD

This Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) was implemented in India from 1st January 2003 to verify the legitimacy of import / export of rough diamonds as per UN resolutions and to curb entry of conflict diamonds into the mainstream. The system is operational through the offices of The Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council at Mumbai & Surat and also through the offices of Development Commissioners of Special Economic Zones at Mumbai, Visakhapatnam, Hyderabad and Surat in India. We are now submitting our Annual Report to the KP Chair for the calendar year 2011. During the year under review India issued around 3251 KP certificates for export parcels and endorsed 22745 KP certificates for import parcels under KPCS including transactions handled by concerned SEZs. India also received the 2nd Round of Review Visit during November 2010. The Review Team visited Mumbai, Surat and New Delhi during the visit. The scheme is being implemented smoothly in India. We are committed to ensure that the diamond trade remains free of “conflict”, “blood” or “tainted” diamonds.

March, 2012 Sabyasachi Ray Mumbai, India Executive Director GJEPC, Mumbai

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INDIA'S KP ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR 2011

A. Institutional Framework

India is one of the founding members of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme and has been actively participating in its deliberations right from its inception. The Scheme is administered in India by the Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India.

The contact persons in the Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India are:-

Address Contact Details Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India, Udyog Bhavan, New Delhi – 110107 India Tel: +91-11-23063050 Fax: +91-11-23063437 E-mail: [email protected]

Mr. Anup Wadhwan Joint Secretary Mr. Anurag Saxena Joint Secretary

2. The Importing & Exporting Authority, including the full address and the names of contact persons (in accordance with Section IV (b)).

The Government of India vide its communication No.12/13/2000-EP(GJ) dated 13 November, 2002 designated the Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council as the Importing and Exporting Authority within the meaning of Section IV (b) of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme. As the designated export/import authority GJEPC co-ordinates with other Special Economic Zones for preparation of KP data, sending of original import confirmation slips to concerned countries etc. The KPCS procedure is being followed in the four Special Economic Zones in India, namely, Vishakhapatnam SEZ (VSEZ), Hyderabad Special Economic Zone, Seepz-SEZ, Mumbai and Surat–SEZ, Sachin. Updated list of authorised signatories is enclosed at ANNEXURE - 1.

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The Contact details of the Imp/Exp Authorities for the purposes of Kimberley Process Certification Scheme are as given below: The Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council at Mumbai and Surat

Name & Address Contact Details The Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council KP Exporting / Importing Authority Tower A, AW -1010, Bharat Diamond Bourse Opp NABARD Bank, Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra (E), Mumbai – 400 051 Tel: 91-22-26544600 Fax: 91-22-26524764 E-mail: [email protected]

Mr. Sabyasachi Ray Executive Director E-mail: [email protected]

The Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council KP Exporting / Importing Authority 626-628, Belgium Tower, Ring Road Surat – 395 003, India Tel: 0091- 261 -2435008 E-mail: [email protected]

Mr. Mithilesh Pandey Acting Regional Director E-mail: [email protected]

THE SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES

Name & Address Contact Details SEEPZ Special Economic Zone Ministry of Commerce & Industry Government of India Andheri (East), Mumbai –400 096. Fax: +91-22-28291385 / 2829 1754 E-mail: [email protected]

Dr. Vedprakash Development Commissioner

Visakhapatnam Special Economic Zone Administrative Building, Duvvada Visakhapatnam – 530046. A. P. Tel: 0891-2587382, Fax: 0891-2587352 E-mail: [email protected] Office of Development Commissioner Visakhapatnam Special Economic Zone 5th Floor, (Western Wing) Parisrama Bhavan, Bashir Bagh, Hyderabad – 500 004.

Mr. M. S. Rao Development Commissioner.

Office of Development Commissioner Surat - Special Economic Zone Diamond Park, Sachin, Surat - 394230 Fax:: 0261-2397664 E-mail: [email protected]

Shri Vijay N. Shewale Development Commissioner

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B. Legal Framework: There has been no change in the basic Legal Framework and is the same as given in previous Annual Reports. The details of Acts, Laws and Regulations mentioned above are available at the links given below. 1. The Customs Act, 1962: Index of Customs Act, 1962 (Chapter 13, 14, 16) http://www.cbec.gov.in/customs/cs-act/cs-act-idx.htm

Custom Circular no 53 dated June 23, 2003 http://www.cbec.gov.in/customs/cs-circulars/cs-circulars03/53-2003-cus.htm

53/2003 23/06/2003 314/33/2002-FTT Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) for Rough Diamonds– Implementation-Reg

http://www.cbec.gov.in/customs/cs-circulars/cs-circulars09/circ35-2k9-cus.htm 35/2009 29-12-

2009 F. No. DGEP/ G&J/ 100/ 2009

Regarding application of Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) to Semi- cut diamonds

Notification no 9 (RE-2007) dated 11th June 2007 regarding Cote d’Ivoire http://dgft.delhi.nic.in/

09(RE-2007)/ 2004-2009 11.06.2007 Amendment in Para 2.1 of the Foreign Trade Policy

2. FTDR Act 1992 / FTDR Rules 1993 (Rules 11,15,17): http://dgft.delhi.nic.in/ 3. INCOME TAX ACT & IT RULES http://law.incometaxindia.gov.in/TaxmannDit/DisplayPage/dpage1.aspx 4. Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA), http://finmin.nic.in/the_ministry/dept_revenue/fema_directorate/index.html 5. Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities (COFEPOSA), http://www.cbec.gov.in/cofeposa-act.pdf

6. Reserve Bank of India – Circulars on KP & AML http://www.rbi.org.in/scripts/NotificationUser.aspx KP - IECD no13 dated Feb 3, 2003 AP Dir Series Circular no. 18 dated 02/12/2005 AP Dir Series Circular no. 39 dated 26/06/2006 AP Dir Series Circular no. 14 dated 17/10/2007 DBOD no AMLBC63 dated 15/02/2006 7. Prevention of Money Laundering Act 2002 - The Central Government has notified various Rules to enforce the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002. Details available on the FIU website - http://fiuindia.gov.in/notifications-overview.htm 8. Notification regarding Venezuela - Notification no 30(RE-2008) dated 13 August 2008 was issued by DGFT regarding prohibition of trade in rough diamonds in view of voluntary suspension of Venezuela. The same is available at http://dgft.delhi.nic.in/ under notifications section.

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C. Import and Export Regime The Export / Import Procedure followed by Customs is as per the Customs Circular no 53 of June 2003. The detailed procedure followed by GJPEC as the KP Imp/Exp Authority is same as given in the previous annual report.

Outgoing shipments During the calendar year 2011, the Council issued 3251 KP certificates for

export parcels as compared to 2466 during 2010.

Rough Diamonds – KP Certificate Count Participant Country: India – Exports

1st Qrtr Jan/March

2nd Qrtr Apr/June

3rd Qrtr July/Sept

4th Qrtr Oct/Dec Total

2007 635 527 557 488 2,207

2008 689 708 672 373 2,442

% change 8.50 34.35 20.65 -23.57 10.65

2009 395 404 498 489 1,786

% change -42.67 -42.94 -25.89 31.10 -26.86

2010 636 618 623 589 2,466

% change 61.01 52.97 25.10 20.45 38.07

2011 929 815 800 707 3,251

% change 46.07 31.88 28.41 20.03 31.83

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Rough Diamonds - K P Certificate Count - EXPORT Participant Country : India

PERIOD: JANUARY 1, 2011 to DECEMBER 31, 2011

EXPORTS Q1, 2011

Q2, 2011

Q3, 2011Q4,

2011Grand Total

% share

Armenia 4 1 4 9 0.28

Australia 3 5 7 5 20 0.62

Botswana 1 3 1 1 6 0.18

Canada 1 2 2 5 0.15

China, People's Republic of 87 96 89 70 342 10.52

European Community 520 460 437 337 1754 53.95

Israel 68 55 62 63 248 7.63

Japan 1 2 2 1 6 0.18

Korea, Republic of 2 2 2 3 9 0.28

Mauritius 1 1 0.03

Namibia 1 2 3 1 7 0.22

Singapore 1 1 0.03

South Africa 6 13 11 4 34 1.05

Sri Lanka 1 1 0.03

Switzerland 1 2 1 1 5 0.15

Thailand 1 3 1 1 6 0.18

United Arab Emirates 214 134 159 170 677 20.82

United States of America 20 30 21 42 113 3.48

Chinese Taipei 2 2 1 2 7 0.22

Grand Total 929 815 800 707 3251 100.00 Incoming shipments Council endorsed 22745 KP certificates for imports during Jan/Dec 2011

and 22536 KP certificates during Jan/Dec 2010.

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Rough Diamonds – KP Certificate Count

Participant Country: India – IMPORTS

1st Qrtr Jan/March

2nd Qrtr Apr/June

3rd Qrtr July/Sept

4th Qrtr Oct/Dec Total

2007 6,098 5,677 5,809 5,391 22,975

2008 5,655 6,264 5,326 2,090 19,335

% change -7.26 10.34 -8.31 -61.23 -15.84

2009 1,941 4,373 4,411 5,419 16,144

% change -65.68 -30.19 -17.18 159.28 -16.50

2010 5,520 6,154 5,083 5,779 22,536

% change 184.39 40.73 15.23 6.64 39.59

2011 6,326 6,760 4,959 4,700 22,745

% change 14.60 9.85 -2.44 -18.67 0.93

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Rough Diamonds - K P Certificate Count - IMPORT Participant Country : India

PERIOD: JANUARY 1, 2011 to DECEMBER 31, 2011

IMPORTS Q1, 2011

Q2, 2011

Q3, 2011Q4,

2011Grand Total

% share

Armenia 1 2 3 0.01

Australia 9 7 5 6 27 0.12

Botswana 3 4 6 4 17 0.07

Canada 9 7 12 13 41 0.18

China, People's Republic of 117 167 142 146 572 2.51

Congo, Democratic Republic of 16 19 26 18 79 0.35

European Community 4800 5189 3526 3386 16901 74.31

Ghana 14 19 17 6 56 0.25

Guyana 1 1 2 0.01

Israel 617 500 324 297 1738 7.64

Japan 2 1 3 0.01

Korea, Republic of 1 1 0.00

Liberia 1 2 1 4 0.02

Russian Federation 60 101 99 64 324 1.42

Sierra Leone 2 4 1 7 0.03

Singapore 1 1 2 0.01

South Africa 21 26 38 41 126 0.55

Switzerland 8 8 16 7 39 0.17

Tanzania 2 2 4 0.02

Thailand 10 3 1 2 16 0.07

United Arab Emirates 620 679 720 686 2705 11.89

United States of America 19 25 18 16 78 0.34

Grand Total 6326 6760 4959 4700 22745 100.00

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D. System of internal controls and Industry Self-Regulation

The system of internal controls which is already present in India is narrated under Legal Framework in Section B. The system of warranties on all the invoices including those of polished diamond / diamond studded jewellery is also existing in India. All buyers and sellers of both rough and polished diamonds were advised to make the affirmative statement on all invoices. Additionally, all industry organizations and their members were advised to adopt the principles of self – regulation. GJEPC in its Working Committee Meeting held on 12/5/2004 approved inclusion of a clause to expel a member from the membership of the Council in case of violation of provisions of KPCS. Council has been sensitizing the importers & exporters of rough diamonds from time to time through its circulars on restrictions on trade in rough diamonds with Venezuela and Cote d’Ivoire etc. The Code of Ethics have been adopted by the GJEPC and will be applicable to the members of the Council. Copy of the same is available on Council's website www.gjepc.org. The GJEPC as the KP Imp/Exp Authority collects annual stock declaration of rough diamonds in carats at the end of each financial year (April – March) and verify that the exports of rough diamonds do not exceed imports or the stock mentioned by the company. The Statistical data is Audited by the appointed 3rd party independent Auditors before submission of data every quarter. The Auditors verify the data entry in the system for carat, value, country of origin etc for applications at GJEPC's offices in Mumbai and Surat as well as SEZ offices at Mumbai, Surat and Visakhapatnam. The KP Chair's notices and the corresponding notifications issued by Ministry of Commerce & Industry related to the export from Marange Diamonds and amendments to OFAC rules by USA were sent to trade members for their information. Copy of the notifications enclosed at Annexure 2. E. Statistics

India was reporting as per date of processing of the Import application for submitting quarterly data to WGS till Dec 2010. The software reports have been accordingly changed to incorporate the Date of Issue for Import shipments for reporting of quarterly data w.e.f. 1st quarter of 2011.

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India has only one mine with a minor production. This is located at Majhawan in Panna District of State of Madhya Pradesh. It is administered by National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) a Govt of India undertaking. It holds the valid licenses issued under Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act 1957.

It may be noted that due to environmental problems the only Diamond Mining Project in India at Panna was not in operation since 2006. The production activity resumed from 22nd June 09, but have been stopping intermittently.

PRODUCTION OF ROUGH DIAMONDS FROM PANNA MINES DURING JAN/DEC 2011

Production (in Carats)

Estimated value of production (in US

Dollar) January / June 2011 1069.11 200,000.00

July / December 2011 11246.00 2,000,000.00

Source: NMDC, Hyderabad vide e-mails dated 28/09/2011 & 6/02/2012 A mining lease has been granted by Ministry of Mines to Rio Tinto Exploration India Private Limited on Bunder Project, Village Nimani, Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh for diamond mining. The project is at pre-feasibility study stage and actual mining is yet to commence. The diamonds recovered from the project area are samples for evaluation purposes only. Trade data for all the 4 quarters of 2011 and Production data for the period January / June 2011 and July/December 2011 has been submitted to the Chair of Kimberley Process and Chair of the Working Group on Statistics and the same has been uploaded on the Kimberley Rough Diamond Statistics Website.

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IMPORT INTO INDIA DURING LAST 5 YEARS

Carats US$ ValueUS$ Per

Carat

2007 173,769,293.61 9,664,344,752.49 $55.62

2008 147,786,659.43 9,591,569,934.22 $64.90

2009 119,731,249.14 6,954,949,715.70 $58.09

2010 165,219,029.62 11,234,792,996.78 $68.00

2011 132,428,718.94 14,285,607,626.97 $107.87

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EXPORT FROM INDIA DURING LAST 5 YEARS

Carats US$ ValueUS$ Per

Carat

2007 30,555,340.94 601,053,027.52 $19.67

2008 37,596,697.62 829,588,202.61 $22.07

2009 22,430,500.63 712,180,968.00 $31.75

2010 32,993,161.45 967,808,804.49 $29.33

2011 37,070,726.01 1,799,859,861.20 $48.55

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TRADE DATA FOR THE YEAR 2011 - EXPORT

EXPORTS CARATS % SHARE US$ VALUE % SHARE

Armenia 1,396.60 0.00 608,030.58 0.03

Australia 28,289.86 0.08 5,638,488.50 0.31

Botswana 4,636.82 0.01 1,944,938.48 0.11

Canada 292,757.29 0.79 14,470,011.69 0.80

China, People's Republic of 5,073,848.14 13.69 205,055,038.91 11.39

Chinese Taipei 453.41 0.00 149,837.50 0.01

European Community 18,456,788.88 49.79 893,591,064.56 49.65

Israel 1,516,720.34 4.09 79,127,627.32 4.40

Japan 777.33 0.00 87,048.98 0.00

Korea, Republic of 1,386.73 0.00 1,316,500.70 0.07

Mauritius 57.61 0.00 9,150.00 0.00

Namibia 2,547.49 0.01 3,068,402.18 0.17

Singapore 165.50 0.00 214,997.02 0.01

South Africa 129,615.56 0.35 8,719,556.83 0.48

Sri Lanka 150.00 0.00 412.50 0.00

Switzerland 39,602.37 0.11 3,975,473.23 0.22

Thailand 3,964.92 0.01 1,506,128.31 0.08

United Arab Emirates 10,610,153.06 28.62 573,929,487.58 31.89

United States of America 907,414.10 2.45 6,447,666.33 0.36

Grand Total 37,070,726.01 100.00 1,799,859,861.20 100.00

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TRADE DATA FOR THE YEAR 2011 - IMPORT

IMPORTS CARATS % SHARE US$ VALUE % SHARE

Armenia 8,685.94 0.01 555,232.63 0.00

Australia 36,905.12 0.03 5,644,370.25 0.04

Botswana 360,176.73 0.27 6,769,898.03 0.05

Canada 2,306,647.36 1.74 193,866,021.14 1.36

China, People's Republic of 6,887,437.98 5.20 535,577,988.50 3.75

Congo, Democratic Republic of 542,374.42 0.41 14,706,889.25 0.10

European Community 87,411,060.09 66.01 9,434,457,019.38 66.04

Ghana 75,606.06 0.06 4,399,611.70 0.03

Guyana 1,054.65 0.00 268,947.00 0.00

Israel 4,615,420.01 3.49 1,096,022,634.25 7.67

Japan 328.35 0.00 80,351.39 0.00

Korea, Republic of 1,155.80 0.00 1,247,108.20 0.01

Liberia 601.21 0.00 88,010.86 0.00

Russian Federation 5,958,442.68 4.50 590,569,953.48 4.13

Sierra Leone 585.11 0.00 258,244.42 0.00

Singapore 551.50 0.00 2,063,445.35 0.01

South Africa 146,758.19 0.11 25,298,104.18 0.18

Switzerland 450,697.03 0.34 41,930,860.64 0.29

Tanzania 3,663.87 0.00 149,470.12 0.00

Thailand 14,466.29 0.01 2,494,188.56 0.02

United Arab Emirates 23,420,017.85 17.68 2,298,190,002.12 16.09

United States of America 186,082.70 0.14 30,969,275.52 0.22

Grand Total 132,428,718.94 100.00 14,285,607,626.97 100.00

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F. Infringements

1. Seizures by DRI in 2011 and status of pending cases for earlier period: a. In the year 2003 around 6 shipments of import under KPCS (five from

Hong Kong and one from UAE) were detained by the DRI, Surat for which the matter was sub-judice. The judicial supreme court allowed for re-export of the goods back to the importing country. As such the KP Certificates were issued for exporting the above shipments during the year 2011.

b. In 2008 two foreign nationals were arrested and lateron convicted for smuggling of around 3605 carats of rough diamonds worth Rs.3.85 crores. They were convicted for imprisonment of 4 years which was on appeal was reduced to three and half years.

c. In July 2009, an Indian national was arrested from Ahmedabad Airport with rough diamonds of 1298 carats worth Rs. 0.09 crores without the KP Certificate. The matter is under investigation and sub judice.

d. On April 22, 2011 two Indian nationals from Navsari, Gujarat were arrested in a joint operation by the DRI of Ahmedabad and Surat. Around 48,637 carats of diamonds worth Rs. 10.16 crores smuggled without KP Certificate were seized from them. The matter is under investigation and sub judice.

e. On August 7, 2011 one foreign national and one Indian national were arrested from Surat for carrying rough diamonds imported illegally without KP Certificate. Around 10510 carats of diamonds worth Rs. 4.24 crores were seized from him. The matter is under investigation and sub judice.

f. On July 8, 2011 Officials of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI)

arrested one Congo national & one Angolan national at Mumbai Airport while trying to smuggle in around 3427 carats of rough diamonds worth Rs 1.08 crores without KP Certificate. The matter is under investigation and sub judice.

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G. MISCELLANEOUS 1. Technical Certificates:

A shipment of industrial diamonds was exported to Belgium due to oversight without KP Certificate by a tools manufacturing company dealing in diamond powder. Cts: 10,000.00 USD: 10,000.00

The Belgium KP Authority returned the shipment back to India with Technical Certificate and the matter is pending with Customs for investigation and necessary procedure.

2. Review Visit to India A 5 member Kimberley Process Review Team visited India from 22-26 November 2010. The team led by Switzerland included representatives from South Africa, EU, WDC and PAC. The review team visited office of KP Authority in Mumbai, Surat and also had meeting with the officials of Ministry of Commerce, Government of India in New Delhi.

3. Awareness Seminar on Kimberley Process Certification Scheme The Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) organized Seminars in Surat, Navsari and Mumbai to sensitize the trade about the recent developments in Kimberley Process Certification Scheme related to Marange diamonds, and proposed amendments to Anti Money Laundering Act.

Around 300 importers / exporters, leading entrepreneurs, local diamond traders and representatives of local media attended the seminar.

4. Specimen of KP Certificate for export from India

India’s KP Certificate was modified as the Council's Logo was changed and also to accommodate the new address of the GJEPC. The new KP Certificate was used from 2nd January 2011. The specimen copy of the KPC is enclosed as Annexure 1 to the report.

5. Record Keeping and Scanning of documents.

Other than physically maintaining the records for 3 years, the Council has scanned the Original KP Certificates and other important documents related to export / import applications handled by its Mumbai and Surat office from the year 2004 till 2009 and is an ongoing process for 2010 onwards. The scanned documents are

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stored in the separate retrieval software which is user friendly. The Council is in the process of scanning of documents for other departments also.

6. ERP System of Navision for KPCS

Council implemented the ERP system for KPCS which links the Regional Office Surat and Special Economic Zones handling export / import shipment of rough diamonds with the Council real time.

India was reporting as per date of processing of the Import application for submitting quarterly data to WGS till Dec 2010. The software reports have been accordingly changed to incorporate the Date of Issue for Import shipments for reporting of quarterly data w.e.f. 1st quarter of 2011.

7. Online submission of Import and Export applications

A web based online software has been developed and is working smoothly which enables the importer / exporter to apply for KP Certificate online. The delivery / issuance of KP Certificate is however done physically. The system is operated through Council's website www.gjepc.org and is password protected.

It has been our endeavour to produce a transparent and detailed report. We hope you find this report useful. With regards

Sabyasachi Ray Executive Director

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ANNEXURE – 1

SPECIMEN SIGNATURES OF THE AUTHORISED SIGNATORIES OF KPCS – INDIA (updated as on 20th March 2012)

GJEPC, MUMBAI SPECIMEN SIGNATURE

Mr. Sabyasachi Ray Executive Director

Mr. R. Nagpal, Head – Finance (Resigned w.e.f. 20.02.2012)

Ms. Kavita Hebalkar Balel Deputy Director

Mr. Prashant Bais, Sr. Manager (Resigned w.e.f.16.03.2011)

Mr. Mahesh Bhoir Sr. Manager

Mr. P. Harisankaran, Manager

Mrs. Shraddha Gawde Manager (Added w.e.f. 23.01.2012)

Ms. Archana Gautam, Manager

Ms. Fatima Lathif Executive Assistant to ED (Resigned w.e.f. 20.01.2012)

Mrs. Sumathi Salian, Assistant Manager

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THE GEM & JEWELLERY EXPORT PROMOTION COUNCIL - SURAT

NAME OF THE PERSON SPECIMEN SIGNATURE

Mr. Cromwell C. Jacob Assistant Manager

Mr. Satyen Butala, Director (Resigned w.e.f. 10.4.2010)

Mr. Mithilesh Pandey Acting Regional Director (Added w.e.f April 2010)

SURAT SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE, SACHIN, SURAT

NAME OF THE PERSON SPECIMEN SIGNATURE

Mr. S. T. Gurusahani Dy. Commissioner, Customs (Transferred w.e.f 21.02.2012)

Mr Avinash Pawar, Preventive Officer, Surat Sez (Added w.e.f June 2010)

SEEPZ SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE, MUMBAI

NAME OF THE PERSON SPECIMEN SIGNATURE

Mr. P. S. Raman, Dy. Development Commissioner

Mrs. Thankamma Idiculla, EA to Development Commissioner

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Visakhapatnam Special Economic Zone, for Hyderabad SEZ

Mr. M. V. Subba Reddy, Development Commissioner

Mr. A. S. P. Sarma Asst. Development Commissioner

Mr. T. Purushothama Reddy Asst. Development Commissioner

Mr K. Naveen Reddy Asst. Development Commissioner

VISAKHAPATNAM SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE, Visakhapatnam

Mr. T.G.K. Jagannadham Asst. Development Commissioner

Mr. V. Bhaskara Rao, Office Superintendent

Mr K. Srinivas Asst. Development Commissioner

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