n Amidst COVID pandemic, it was altogether a different Diwali celebrated this year having some very pecuniary features including complete boycott of Chinese goods, mass usage of Indian goods as also ending the eight month business exile for traders in India whereas on the other hand, traders across Country under flag of COnfederation of All India Traders (CAIT) adopted Vocal for Local & aatmnirbhar Bharat call of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi by selling Indian goods. The robust sales that happened in commercial markets during Diwali festive season indicates good business prospects in future and brought back some smiles on the faces of traders. Diwali festive sales also indicates that the people of India have beaten both COVID and China in terms of sale-purchase of festive goods.
Praveen Khandelwal, secretary general and Suresh Sonthalia secretary of the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) said that as per reports gathered from 20 different cities which are also considered to be the leading distribution centers of India, it is expected that Diwali festive sales generated a turnover of about 72 thousand crores rupees and gave China the expected loss of 40 thousand crores rupees. However, due to utter negligence of the Government Authorities and despite a Supreme Court order, firecracker policy was missing which resulted in the loss of around 10 thousand crores rupees of business, small manufacturers and sellers of firecrackers suffered. 20 Cities including Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Nagpur, Raipur, Bhuvneshwar, Ranchi, Bhopal, Lucknow, Kanpur, Noida, Jammu, Ahmadabad, Surat, Cochin, Jaipur, Chandigarh are considered as "distribution cities' by the CAIT for the purpose of its regular survey.