Special Blasts Limited
Engaging SBL entity; affected importer and petitioner in the related advisory matter.
← Selected TLGS engagementsResolving a port-policy bottleneck.
SBL / EMWA · National industrial-policy mandate
Resolving a port-policy bottleneck.
Supporting an industrial ecosystem.
TLGS’s sustained work on ammonium nitrate port-handling restrictions brought together legal analysis, scientific expertise, industry evidence and inter-ministerial engagement.
TLGS scope completedThe mandate & industry represented
Two engaging companies. A wider industry concern.
A completed TLGS mandate for Special Blasts Limited and SBL Energy Limited, representing affected EMWA members on an ammonium nitrate port-handling issue with consequences for mining, power, steel, cement and infrastructure supply chains.
SBL Energy Limited
Engaging SBL entity within the completed group-level policy and regulatory assignment.
Explosives Manufacturers Welfare Association
EMWA: affected industry members represented in the policy process, connecting the company-level issue with wider industry concerns.
The company engagement and industry representation are distinct: TLGS was engaged through the named SBL entities and represented affected EMWA members. Other participants in a government consultation are not presented as TLGS clients.
The operating obstacleOvernight berthing restrictions and recurring vessel movement between berth and anchorage.
The commercial exposureDelay, demurrage, reduced berth productivity, congestion and input-supply uncertainty.
The policy objectiveReview or correction of the restriction through an evidence-led administrative process.
TLGS work products & sustained execution
More than a submission. A coordinated resolution effort.
TLGS assembled and maintained the statutory, technical and commercial case over several months. The work connected the company mandate with industry-body participation, specialist advice and the Ministry-level consultation process.
Define the regulatory problem
Reconstruct the Ministry advisory, consequential port directions and the distinction between the disputed restriction and the underlying safety obligations.
Build the legal-policy case
Prepare representations, statutory analysis and a clearly framed request for withdrawal, correction or administrative alignment, supported by the available authorities and records.
Bring expert evidence to the table
Integrate specialist scientific inputs with port-operations and infrastructure experience, so that the issue is examined across law, risk, logistics and commercial consequences.
Represent the industry impact
Translate vessel delays, repeated movements, congestion and demurrage exposure into a wider supply-chain narrative relevant to affected manufacturers and downstream sectors.
Coordinate the Ministry process
Prepare for video, physical and hybrid discussions; align industry participation; organise concise briefs and supplementary submissions for the appropriate public authorities.
Sustain the follow-through
Coordinated meeting documentation, supplementary submissions, industry communication and the follow-through required to complete TLGS’s advisory scope.
Physical, hybrid & video engagement
An issue examined across multiple public authorities.
The process included a MoPSW video consultation, a DPIIT hybrid meeting at Vanijya Bhawan and a subsequent inter-ministerial discussion. The official DPIIT records expressly name TLGS and record its submissions, alongside the views of the technical regulator, the port and other industry stakeholders.
Ministry of Ports, Shipping & Waterways
Director (Ports); Section Officer, Ports Division
Ministry-level video consultation and subsequent inter-ministerial participation on the port advisory.
DPIIT · Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Joint Secretary (Explosives); Director; Under Secretary; Assistant Development Officer
Chairing, convening and documenting the December and January consultations.
Petroleum & Explosives Safety Organisation
Chief Controller of Explosives; Deputy Chief Controller of Explosives
Technical-regulatory participation and statutory-framework inputs.
Ministry of Home Affairs · Department of Border Management
Commandant, Coastal Security
Participation through video conference in the January inter-ministerial meeting.
Paradip Port Authority
Traffic Manager
Port-level operating context and participation through video conference.
Designations relate to participation across the documented meetings, not attendance at every meeting. Participation by an authority is not an endorsement of TLGS, its clients or every submission made.
- September–October 2025
Issue assessment & representation
TLGS examined the September Ministry advisory and consequential port restrictions. The 22 October representation presented the affected industry’s statutory, operational and economic concerns.
TLGS representation and engagement records - 5 December 2025
MoPSW video consultation
A Ministry consultation chaired by the Director (Ports) addressed the export-import advisory issue, with TLGS invited to participate.
Official Ministry meeting notice - 24 December 2025
DPIIT hybrid consultation
A discussion at Vanijya Bhawan, with physical and video participation, brought together TLGS, EMWA, the technical regulator, the port authority and Ministry representatives.
Official DPIIT minutes issued 31 December 2025 - 31 December 2025
The official record & follow-up
DPIIT circulated the December minutes. TLGS acknowledged the record and sought the next inter-ministerial discussion.
Official forwarding letter and TLGS correspondence - 7 January 2026
Inter-ministerial examination
The subsequent DPIIT meeting included ports, industry, technical-regulatory and coastal-security perspectives. The official record names TLGS and records its submissions.
Official DPIIT minutes issued 14 January 2026 - Follow-through
Coordinated execution
Supplementary analysis, industry coordination and institutional follow-through formed part of the completed advisory scope.
TLGS engagement - Completed mandate
TLGS scope completed
TLGS completed its scope of work for the SBL / EMWA policy and regulatory engagement.
Completed TLGS scope
The people behind the work
Specialist depth. Coordinated institutional execution.
Dr. Rajiv Narang’s specialist contribution and Shri V. P. Agrawal’s infrastructure experience were brought together with TLGS’s legal-policy direction, regulatory coordination and documentation resources.
Dr. Rajiv Narang
Project subject-matter expert · Former Director, CFEES / DRDOScientific and regulatory-risk inputs, review of the technical case and participation in the official DPIIT discussions.
Shri V. P. Agrawal
Senior project advisor · Former CMD, Airports Authority of IndiaInfrastructure-operations, port-productivity and downstream economic perspectives; participation in the Ministry process.
View current TLGS profile →Dr. Karan Garg
TLGS strategic coordinationMandate direction, legal-policy integration and participation in the inter-ministerial discussion.
View current TLGS profile →CA Vinod Godara
TLGS project coordinationDocumentation, industry coordination and sustained engagement follow-through.
View current TLGS profile →Ms. Urvashi Gupta
TLGS regulatory coordinationInstitutional coordination and virtual participation in the December consultation.
View current TLGS profile →CS Sonal Jain
TLGS documentation & communicationBriefing preparation, meeting coordination, documentation and virtual participation.
View current TLGS profile →Capt. G. S. Rathee
Project special inviteeInstitutional perspective and contribution recorded in TLGS’s project material.
View current TLGS profile →Major Virendra Singh Dhakad (Veteran)
Project strategic & security perspectiveContribution to the project discussion; named in the official December meeting attendance record.
These are historical project contributions, not a new permanent leadership category. The list does not imply that every contributor attended every meeting. Former institutional roles do not imply CFEES, DRDO or other institutional endorsement.
Industry-side participation
Management engagement and an organised industry voice.
TLGS’s engagement records identify management discussions and repeated coordination with the SBL representatives below. Shri Pankaj Aggarwal also appears as an EMWA participant in the official DPIIT records.
Shri Ajay Choudhari
Managing Director, Special Blasts LimitedManagement-level engagement and discussions with TLGS.
Shri Alok Choudhari
Director & Chief Executive Officer, SBL Energy LimitedManagement-level engagement on the industry issue and the mandate.
Shri Ravi Kamra
Then Executive Director / Director, SBL Energy LimitedPrincipal industry-side engagement coordination, technical-policy discussions and follow-up.
Shri Pankaj Aggarwal
Special Blasts Limited representative; EMWA nomineeIndustry coordination and participation recorded in the DPIIT consultation process.
Roles are described in the context of the engagement period. This is not a statement about present-day appointments or a testimonial attributed to any participant.
Outcome & wider significance
A completed policy and regulatory advisory mandate.
TLGS scope completed
TLGS completed its scope of work for the SBL / EMWA policy and regulatory engagement. The work brought together legal-policy analysis, specialist inputs, industry representations, inter-ministerial engagement and coordinated follow-through on the port-handling issue affecting industrial supply chains.
TLGS’s agreed policy and regulatory advisory scope is complete.Contain avoidable cost pressure
The engagement addressed a recurring regulatory bottleneck capable of increasing logistics costs and disrupting industrial inputs. It does not attach a rupee value to savings that have not been independently measured.
Keep safety and continuity in the same conversation
The policy case sought a workable alignment of the applicable framework, technical inputs and port operations. Relief from a disputed restriction is not a waiver of safety, security or licensing responsibilities.
Look beyond a single importer
TLGS’s analysis connected the issue to coal and mining, power generation, steel, cement and infrastructure projects, presenting the wider economic stakes to the relevant institutional process.
Make industry representation decision-ready
The mandate demonstrates how technical expertise, industry evidence and disciplined representations can support the authorities’ consideration of a systemic operating problem.
Bharat Pulse · Industrial policy
When a port circular becomes an industry-wide policy issue.
Lessons from TLGS’s SBL / EMWA engagement: connect the statutory question, specialist evidence, supply-chain consequences and the administrative decision sought.
Published 13 September 2026 · Historical case-based analysis, not a new government announcement or cargo-handling guidance.
About this engagement
A completed multidisciplinary advisory mandate.
Policy, technical and industry perspectives
TLGS brought together statutory analysis, specialist contributions, industry representations and coordinated institutional engagement within its completed scope.
This case study describes TLGS’s completed advisory scope and professional contribution. It is not a government or client endorsement.
For companies & industry bodies
When a common operating problem
requires a coordinated policy response.
Bring the relevant advisory, circular or regulatory issue to TLGS. Our team can assess the evidence, applicable framework and appropriate representation or clarification route.