AAP’s trade wing moots new industry body for small businessmen

Office-bearers of AAP’s trade wing say the initiative is an attempt to provide a platform to small traders and owners of small-scale industrial units in the city.

Published on: Jul 25, 2016, 16:57:21 IST

Hindustan Times | By Vishal Kant, New Delhi

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A new industry body, the Chamber of Trade and Industries (CTI) -- a brainchild of the AAP’s trade wing -- is taking shape in Delhi.

Office-bearers of AAP’s trade wing say the initiative is an attempt to provide a platform to small traders and owners of small-scale industrial units in the city.

Brajesh Goyal, convenor of AAP’s trade wing, said this section of traders does not get adequate representation in big industry bodies such as FICCI, CII and PHD Chamber of Commerce.

“The small traders are left out and are unable to find a platform to raise their concerns and demands. Though the city has many trade associations, they are restricted to particular markets and market hubs. There was need to have a pan-Delhi association. While some organisations work for traders, others work for the industry separately. CTI will work for trade and industry both,” said Goyal.

A large part of the trading community has been a vote bank of the Bharatiya Janata Party. After coming to power, AAP’s trade wing has been active in organising the traders and taking up the their cause with the government even as the authorities are cracking down to plug tax evasion.

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AAP leaders, however, did not associate any political interest behind the initiative. Goyal said they were making all efforts to make CTI a ‘non-political’ body.

“Though we have invited traders associated with other political parties to join CTI, its functioning will remain completely non-political. We are making all efforts to bring political leaders belonging to different political parties holding key positions in different governments on the same platform when it is launched formally,” said Goyal.

The CTI has been registered and is likely to be launched formally in the first week of August.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Vishal Kant
Stationed in Ranchi, Vishal is heading the Jharkhand Bureau of Hindustan Times since November 2017. Besides leading the reporting team, Vishal tracks and writes on developments related to the state politics, economy and policy matters in Jharkhand. Prior to his current assignment, Vishal used to work in New Delhi after graduating from the University of Delhi. Vishal joined HT in the rank of Assistant Editor in August 2015 and was part of the Delhi Metro Bureau, covering a host of issues in the City-state including politics, policy---especially those related to urban traffic & transport infrastructure and railways. A native of Palamu district in Jharkhand, Vishal started his two-decade long career in the mainstream media in 2006. During this period, he has has worked in different capacity with a number of national media houses including the Financial Chronicle, India Today, Deccan Herald and The Hindu, before moving to the Hindustan Times. He holds the experience of having worked in three major mediums of mass communication--Print, Electronic and Digital. He is a proud father of two daughters.Read More

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