Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has asked the traders community to expose corrupt businessmen so that the government could act against them.
In a meeting with officials of Commercial Tax Department and Vyapari Kalyan Board here, the Chief Minister asked the members of Vyapari Kalyan Board to provide a list of corrupt businessmen to the administration so that stern action could be taken against them.
To check crime against businessmen in Uttar Pradesh, the Chief Minister directed the Vyapari Kalyan Board members to hire watchmen in their respective areas.
“This will set up a communication channel between the local businessmen, police and administration,” he said .
Yogi Adityanath also asked the Vyapari Kalyan Board members to use technology and install CCTV cameras in their areas to check crimes.
Discussing the issues of Vyapari Kalyan Board with Electricity department, the Chief Minister directed the traders’ welfare board to provide a list of traders whose security money had not been returned till date, to Principle Secretary of Electricity department.
Yogi informed the members of Vyapari Kalyan Board that the Centre would soon launch a pension scheme for small traders and asked them to establish communication with businessmen of different regions of the state.
He advised the Vyapari Kalyan Board to form four teams to visit the four regions of the state — east, west, central UP and Bundelkhand — to listen to the problems of local traders and report them to the local administration and departments concerned.
The Chief Minister also directed officials to call local traders in the meetings of administration, police and Udyog Bandhu to solve their problems then and there. He said such meetings should be held once every three month.