Union Minister Hardeep Puri will form joint committees with traders in each smart city. Ludhiana News – Times of India

Ludhiana : Addressing a conference “Vyapari Samvad” organized in Ludhiana Confederation of All India Traders (CAT) Union Minister on Friday Hardeep Puri In clear words assured that the Center is fully committed to protect the small businesses of the country from the attacks of law breakers.
He also said that the process of rationalization and simplification of GST tax structure has already started but being a federal subject, traders should also focus their attention on the state governments to take regulatory decisions in the GST Council so that it A more simple act can be made. The central government is committed.
On a suggestion given by CAIT, Puri announced the formation of committees in each of the identified smart cities. They agreed that smart merchants using smart technology are the backbone of the government’s smart city concept. He called upon the business community of the country to upgrade and modernize their existing business model to meet the domestic and global challenges and gain substantial share in it. Global business. Traders are the drivers of the growth engine of the economy and therefore deserve all kinds of support from the government in the larger interest of the country.
CAIT has launched a national campaign of Vyapari Samvad across the country from 1st February to 28th February and the conferences held in Ludhiana and Jalandhar were part of a series of such campaigns. CAIT is organizing a similar conference in Amritsar tomorrow in which Puri will explain the steps taken by the central government at the micro and macro level of the Indian economy after discussing with the business. Besides CAIT National General Secretary Praveen Khandelwal, CAIT National Secretary Sumit Agarwal, CAIT Punjab Chairman Pyara Lal Seth and a large number of businessmen and industrialists were present in both the conferences.
Puri further said that the complexities in GST that need to be addressed immediately, influenced the need for regulatory authority for e-commerce policy and retail trade policy and e-commerce, involving local trade associations in smart city projects, multiple The issue of granting a license instead of a licence, repeal of archaic laws relating to trade was raised while the Punjab centric problems were also strongly raised.
Puri assured that he will look into each and every problem and send his written response to CAIT within next few days and will definitely work for them. He said that the central government is always ready for dialogue. He also said that for a strong business growth there is a need to reduce the cost of logistics. Currently it is 16% in India, 12% in USA, 12% in EU, 10% in China. The government is actively working on this. He said that industry and agriculture are the parents of trade and thus whatever development takes place on these multidisciplinary sectors and infrastructure, the ultimate benefit of this is trade as it maintains the supply chain of the country and traders can do any business. cannot deny the important role of Supply chain to the end consumer.

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