Jammu Cloth Merchant Body Demands Revoke Of Toll Booths

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Jammu Cloth Merchant Body Demands Revoke Of Toll Booths

The Jammu cloth wholesalers are up in arms against the levy of toll tax by the J&K state government. In a representation to the state deputy chief minister Kavinder Gupta, a delegation from the Wholesale Cloth Merchant’s association put forth their set of demands for effectuating ease of doing business in the state.

Kavinder Gupta was presiding as Chief Guest over the annual general meeting of the association when the merchants chose to put forth their demand in a formal tone.

President, Wholesale Cloth Merchants’ Association, Vinay Gupta conveyed the message to the members in his welcome speech and put forth the demands of the association to the deputy chief minister. The demands included abolition of toll tax and construction of wholesale textile market to boost the textile trade and economy of the state.

Kavinder Gupta, the deputy chief minister in turn gave an assurance to the merchants that their genuine demands will be considered on a priority basis by the state assembly.

Also touched upon was the topic of changing business scenario opportunities and challenges in a symposium that was held at the venue. The merchant body honored all the participants in the symposium with trophies. .

The annual report of the association was presented by Ashwani Arora, the general secretary. Laxmi Narayan, vice president, presented the vote of thanks.