While contesting candidates as leaving no stone unturned to the lure the voters the businessmen of the state capital are also clear about their demands from the upcoming Government. Safety and security are placed on top in the businessmen priority list.
The increasing cases of shop robbery, murder, demand for extortion money and administration failure in the putting the culprit behind the bars has become a matter of concern for the many businessmen.
Federation of Jharkhand Chamber of Commerce and Industries (FJCCI) President Bikash Singh throwing light on the woes of the state capital traders said, “ The back to back incidents of increasing crime within the city has made the traders feel insecure in carrying out their business. The need of the hour is to put brake on the increasing crime cases and provide traders a better place to flourish their business.”
Besides, safety the businessmen also demands for reduction on imposed tax and duties from the upcoming Government. “The excise duty imposed on automobiles is around 14 percent we traders want it to get reduce upto seven to eight per cent like other States of the country as we receive low profit due to high imposed taxes. It is a long pending demand which need to address by the upcoming government,” said Hero Honda Showroom owner Bhanu Jalan.
Echoing him apparel store owner Dev Kadambari said, “Garments here is costlier in comparison to that of places like Kolkata and Surat. The reason behind this is wide difference in the excise duty and Value Added Taxes (VAT) imposition on here and other states. We have drawn the incumbent Government attention towards it but to avail. This time we want the contesting candidates to look the matter seriously and make effort in flourishing trade and commerce within the state.” Meanwhile, the traders have also demanded to open new avenues for flourishing trade and commerce in the State.
Junior Chamber International (JCI) President Ananth Sinha said, “Our State has raw materials in abundant but to no avail. The direst need of the hour is to set up new industries instead of only inking on Memorandum of Understanding (MOUs).”