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I. Terms of Reference

To recommend, taking into account the best international practices, a set of comprehensive policy instruments and strategic interventions to effectively generate a culture of competition to enhance competition in the domestic markets, with the involvement of all stakeholders.
To recommend ways of enhancing the role of competition and competitive markets in Government policy making at the Central and State levels.
To advise on the most effective and workable institutional mechanism for synergized relationship between sectoral Regulators and the Competition Commission of India.

II. Composition of the Working Group

1.	Shri Vinod Dhall, Member and Acting Chairperson Competition Commission of India	Chairman
2.	Director General, Confederation of Indian Industries	Member
3.	Secretary General, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry.	Member
4.	Secretary General, Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry.	Member
5.	Director General, Tata Energy Research Institute	Member
6.	Additional Secretary, Ministry of Consumer Affairs	Member
7.	Joint Secretary, Ministry of Company Affairs	Member
8.	Joint Secretary, Ministry of Law (Deptt. of Legal Affairs)	Member
9.	Joint Secretary, Ministry of Agro and Rural Industries	Member
10.	Joint Secretary (Infrastructure), Department of Economic Affairs	Member
11.	Joint Secretary, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion	Member
12.	Dr. A.R. Sihag, Joint Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat	Member
13.	Adviser (Industries and Prices), Department of Economic Affairs	Member
14.	Chief Secretary, Assam, or his representative not below the rank of Secretary of the concerned Department.	Member
15.	Chief Secretary, Jharkhand, or his representative not below the rank of Secretary of the concerned Department.	Member
16.	Chief Secretary, Gujarat, or his representative not below the rank of Secretary of the concerned Department.	Member
17.	Chief Secretary, Tamil Nadu, or his representative not below the rank of Secretary of the concerned Department.	Member
18.	Chief Secretary, Delhi, or his representative not below the rank of Secretary of the concerned Department.	Member
19.	Mr. Pradeep Mehta, Secretary General, CUTS, Jaipur	Member
20.	Shri Shravan Nigam, Former Adviser, Planning Commission	Member
21.	Adviser (Industry and VSE), Planning Commission	Member
22.	Shri Amitabh Kumar, Director General, Competition Commission of India	Member - Secretary
23.	Dr. Rajiv Kumar,'Director General, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations.	Member
24.	Dr. Suman Berry, Director General, National Council for Applied Economic Research	Member
25.	Dr. Subir Gokarn, Chief Economist, CRISIL	Member
26.	Dr. TCA Anant, Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi	Member
27.	Shri Rajiv Luthra, Luthra and Luthra	Member
28.	Ms Pallavi Shroff, Amarchand Mangaldas Associates	Member
29.	Ms Maya Banerjee, Kolkota	Member

2. The Chairman of the Working Group may include additional term (s) of reference, if considered necessary in consultation with Member (Industry), Planning Commission, who is the Chairman of the Steering Committee on Industry.

3. The Chairman of the Working Group may co-opt any other Expert as Member of the Working Group, if considered necessary.

4. The Working Group will submit its report within three months. The Competition Commission of India will provide the secretarial assistance for the Working Group.

5. The expenditure on TA/DA of official members for attending meetings of the Working Group will be borne by the parent Department/Ministry to which the official belongs as per the rules of entitlement applicable to them. The non-official members of the Group will be entitled to TA/DA as permissible to Grade I officers of the Government of India under SRI 90 (a) and this expenditure will be borne by the Planning Commission.