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About Tariff
Commission
The present
Tariff Commission was established in
September 1997. The Commission
functions as
an expert body
to recommend appropriate tariff levels keeping in mind
the larger economic interests of our country.
Bureau of Industrial Costs & Prices was
merged with the Commission
in April 1999, to provide
in-house support. The Commission
also conducts studies
on costing and price fixation
referred to it by Central Ministries and Agencies.
Matters concerning State Governments and their agencies
have also been studied by the Commission.
The Commission is normally
headed by a full time Chairman of the rank and pay of
Secretary to the Government of India, however presently the
Commission is headed by a full time Member Secretary vested
with the powers of Head of Department in the
rank and pay of Secretary to the Government of India. | 
