Traders in the State will soon get a separate department for them. State Government has already given symbolic approval to the project. Madhya Pradesh will be the first State where a separate department for traders will be established; presently traders are included in the industries department only. Madhya Pradesh Federation of Chamber of Commerce and Industries (MPFCCI) Chief Coordinator Sushil Kumar Kedia said that the establishment of department of traders is one of the demands in the proposed traders’ policy. More than 300 representatives and traders from all the 50 districts of State will participate in state level traders’ conference going to be organized in state capital on May 19.
Kedia further said that in the discussion over the trade policy will be carried out. The main objectives of the conference are to increase the share of traders in the GDP of State, to increase sales and production, to generate more job opportunities, to attract more investment, to bring transparency in license, permit, NOC, taxation and return procedures, formation of special cell for developing market and infrastructures for the traders, formation of database used in forming policies.
Kedia said that by the new trade policy, traders want that the rift between the two Government departments’ orders could be escaped. Traders can also suggest any point in the conference which will be addressed and found worthy then will be included in the trade policy. Kedia said that presently traders have to move their businesses to other developing parts of city as infrastructure is not developed specifically for them. Traders want that infrastructure to be developed and be so for over 50 years.