Gopalakrishnan (PW-5) stated that NBG clearance for admitting the proposal was issued. 12. The statement of Shri Vinod Kumar Nagpal (PW-10) refers to NBG approval given on 10th August 2010. However, witness Shri Salim Gangadharan (PW-18) stated that the central office entertained the proposal without the recommendation of the zonal office. He stated that though he was a nominee Director of RBI, he did not attend the Management Committee meeting dated 13th August 2010, as in view of the instructions of RBI prevailing at that time, he was not supposed to attend the meeting. This witness and another witness, Mrs.V R Iyer, had visited Tanzania to conduct a survey and explore the possibility of opening a Branch. He stated that he met Shri Gagan Gupta, the Director of M/s Kamal Alloys Ltd. in Tanzania. He doubted whether M/s Kamal Alloys Ltd could generate funds to set up a plant on the company's marshy land. But the witness agreed that he did not submit a report to that effect. Witness