The Jabalpur Chamber of Commerce and Industry convened its 21st annual general meeting here on Sunday. Representatives of trade associations and members of the chamber were present on the occasion.
Senior Vice President Himanshu Khare presented financial statements of financial year 2016-2017 and presented it before the members and highlighted the activities of the last financial year of the chamber and the upcoming programmes and the chamber’s future plans.
He expressed concern over the problems being faced by traders after the implementation of GST and also informed about the steps taken by the chamber. Himanshu Khare, during the meeting threw light on the problems faced by traders after GST and the exemption given by government in VAT and other taxes. He has demanded immediate release of these exemptions.
During the meeting the members also discussed about the recovery of non-payment charges from the accounts of the account holders by the different banks. Charted Accountant Anil Agarwal, Bank Official Jasbeer Singh Ahuja and businessman Amit Jain informed the members and representatives about various charges taken by the banks.
While talking about the issue, they informed that on one hand the government talks about going digital whereas on other hand the banks are charging unreasonable charges on the customer. They informed that the banks are charging fee in the name of lazer Polio Charges, Minimum Balance Charges and others making the customers suffer from it.
Chairman of the chamber Prem Dubey assured that he will forward report of the Jabalpur chamber to the Minister of Finance, RBI and ASSOCHAM against this attitude of banks.