FKCCI - Mysore Commerce Magazine September 2017

MYSORE C MMERCE F K C C I J o u r n a l Issue 09
MYSORE C MMERCE F K C C I J o u r n a l Issue 09
Minimum Wages Hike Hurting Small Industry: President
Explaining the differences between a conflict and a
dispute, Sri Vishwanath V. Angadi said while a
Dispute is taken to court and attended by the
arbitrators, a dispute is the product of a Conflict and
the end-product of disputes is litigation.
On Mediation, he said it denoted third party negotiation
out of court. Arbitration and Conciliation wereother ways
of tackling the issue. The Mediator is a facilitator and
a negotiator, and he explores all sorts of options to
find a solution that is agreeable to both the parties.
Referring to Lok Adalat, Sri Vishwanath V. Angadi
said it was a pre-litigation case and a people’s court
which has sittings on every 2nd Saturday.
Recovery of Rs. 1 crore or any amount more than Rs
20-30 crore will be charged at Rs 12 lakh only to the
Arbitration Centre.
As regards Conciliation, he said the conciliator works
as adjudicator. This incurs no fees and a solution can
be found in about one year and three months
maximum. All disputes of contract like: Lease
agreement, supplier- customer, cases involving grant
of bankers, builders, developers, licensor, licensee
are covered under this.
The interaction concluded with vote of thanks by
Sri C.R. Janardhana, Vice-President, FKCCI.
The small entrepreneur is like an unsung hero, a last
mile entrepreneur who contributes substantially to
the national economy but does not enjoy the luxury of
having the support of special interests/identity
groups and therefore it was the responsibility of
industry bodies to fight unitedly to render justice to
the Micro, Small & Medium Scale Enterprises
(MSME), Sri K. Ravi, President, FKCCI, declared
at an Interaction with Sri Zaheer Basha, Addl.
Commissioner of Labour, GoK held at FKCCI Cabinet
Hall on August 9. “The Labour Department has to
adopt a proactive approach in favour of the MSME
sector and be a helping hand rather than a hindrance
in getting justice to our small entrepreneurs,” he said.
Opening the session, Sri P.C. Rao, Chairman, Labour
Laws Committee requested the Chief Guest to throw
light on the recent amendments in Labour Laws
especially with regard to the stipulation of Minimum
Wages and its effect on Trade and Industry.
Addressing the participants, Sri Zaheer Basha, Asst.
Labour Commissioner, while appreciating the
concerns expressed by the FKCCI President,
stressed that the Department was giving continuous
attention to improving the Ease of Doing Business,
listing some of the recent measures and initiatives
such as, establishing of e-Karmikas for shops and
commercials establishments where applications for
the same were to be submitted online; online mode
being introduced for registrations and licensing
which will be completed by August-end; third party
inspections introduced for auditing compliances in
Labour Laws, and such other initiatives.
Interaction session:
Sri Tallam Venkatesh, Past President remarked that
the proposed hike in Minimum Wages would result in
a MSME entrepreneur incurring 1.4 times more loss, with
thehike inminimumwages amounting toalmost 200%.
Sri N. Satish, Chairman of Industry Committee pointed
out that in countries like Vietnam and Bangladesh
the wages to labour was very low and appealed
to the Department to consider having a MSME
representative on the wage Board of the Government.
Sri Allam Burji, MC Member said the notion that it is
acceptable for a MSME to suffer while offering better
wages to employees was questionable and illogical.
Sri Arun Kumar, Past President pointed out how the
number of shows presented by a theatre had come
down from six to four, even while an operator could
manage as many six digital projectors, and averred
that the Government was indirectly following “survive
or close’ policy.
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