Haryana Government has constituted Traders Welfare Board under the chairmanship of Gopal Sharan Garg.
The Board would comprise as members Additional Chief Secretaries, Finance, Food and Supplies, labour, and Excise and Taxation Departments, Principal Secretaries, Industries, Power, Mines and Geology and Environment Departments and ten representatives of trade and industry to be nominated separately by the Government.
A spokesman said that the Board would address the problems and issues of traders and take redressal measures, besides working as a bridge between State Government and traders. It would initiate social security and insurance schemes for traders, promote investments and employment in Haryana and analyse the law and by-laws of various Departments relating to traders.
The Board would also suggest simplifications in the Acts and Rules applicable to traders and establish a Traders Welfare Fund, said he.
Gopal Sharan Garg, who was born in district Mahendragarh on May 10, 1956, has held different positions in organisations such as Akhil Bhartiya Udyog Vyapar Suraksha Manch, New Delhi, Akhil Bhartiya Udyog Vyapar Mandal, New Delhi among others. He was also elected as councillor in Municipal Council, Narnaul in 1987 and 1991.