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
Federation moots formation of Southern Council for Traders
FKCCI promises to promote NSIC Schemes for MSMEs
“A Southern Council or Association may be formed
for this purpose under Section 8, based in either
Bengaluru or Chennai with two representatives from
each State,” Sri K. Ravi said and added that “FKCCI is
ready to extend its full support and take the lead role
for this initiative with other trade bodies.”
Sri M. Abdul Subhan, VP, CITA, Pondicherry gave
the example of how GST was hurting the hotel
industry by an additional levy of 18% on hotels with
AC facility, due to which business had come down
and at this rate Pondicherry may well be reduced to
a municipality or corporation.
Issues related to the business & trading community
that are common to all southern States especially in
the context of the GST rollout, may be represented in
one voice before the Government so that they are
heard and heeded by the powers that be, Sri K. Ravi,
President, FKCCI, suggested at a meeting convened
at FKCCI Cabinet Hall with the South Indian Trade
Associations on August 3. .
At the outset, Sri Bharath Kumar R. Shah, Chairman,
APMC, Internal Trade & Food Processing Committee,
FKCCI welcomed the representatives from the
different States and invited them to share their
perspective of the problems in their region.
Sri Praveen, Mobile Dealers Association, conceded
that the business community had to make peace
and work with the new changes introduced by the
Government and upgrade their business to meet the
challenge, even while supporting the cause of the
traders as the President had emphasized.
Sri D.A. Prasanna Kumar suggested that the
proposed Council representing all southern States
and the UT of Lakshadweep and Andaman & Nicobar
should first focus on resolving the concerns or the
trading community related to GST and said there
should be meetings at each of the southern States to
strengthen coordination and local-level engagement.
In his introductory remarks, Sri C.R. Janardhana, Vice-
President, FKCCI observed that the problems faced
by traders in South India was unique to the region
which was why it was necessary for all south Indian
trade bodies to work together and said the GST in its
present form is more convenient to the Government
than the common man, and therefore needed to be
improved upon. He also suggested that the proposed
Governing Council Members should be formed with 4
representatives from different States.
Sri M. Nijabddin, Coordinator, South Zone, Calicut
(Kerala) called for a formation of a joint Council
representing six States of southern India viz. Karnataka,
Tamil Nadu, Pondicherry, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh
and Telangana, apart from the Union Territories of
Lakshadweep and Andaman & Nicobar who had
consented to join such a Council. Only such a Council
could help in better engagement with the Centre for a
focused response on their specific issues, he said.
Explaining the way forward, Sri Ramesh Chandra
Lahoti, Vice-Chairman, -- Committee, FKCCI, said
the proposed new non-profit body to be named as
South India Traders Association (SITA) under Section
8 will represent common issues of the southern
region such as GST, FSSAI, APMC, Distributors of
Pharma (FMCG), Distributor of Electrical compliance
etc, with 4 representatives from 6 districts and 2
representatives from Union Territories of Lakshadweep,
and Andaman & Nicobar, and 3 advisors from
Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka and one PRO
based in Delhi.
After a detailed discussion among the Members,
it was decided that the proposed Council would hold
regular meetings with the next meeting scheduled for
August 22 at Chennai and the decisions taken would
be followed up with the elected representatives of
the corresponding State for redressal from the
concerned authorities.
Sri Ravindra Nath, C&MD, NSIC New Delhi, visited FKCCI
on August 3 along with Sri Ravikumar, CGM, Bengaluru,
Smt. MS. Kokila, Branch Manager NSIC, Peenya, and
other Officials for an interaction with the Members.
Sri Ravindra Nath, C&MD, NSIC New Delhi, visited
FKCCI on August 3 along with Sri Ravikumar, CGM,
Bengaluru, Smt. MS. Kokila, Branch Manager NSIC,
Peenya, and other Officials for an interaction with
the Members.
Addressing the Manufacturers and Past Presidents
who were present, the NSIC C&MD made a bird’s eyeview
presentation on the various Schemes of NSIC
for Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME) under
which a lot of incentives and concessions for the
small industry was available.
Some Schemes like Supply of Raw Materials to the
MSMEs, Registration of MSMEs with NSIC for
participating in the tenders without EMD to get price
preference, MDA Grant to MSMEs for Business
Delegations had got good response from the MSME
fraternity and counted on the support of the FKCCI for
popularizing the Schemes and expanding their
footprint among the micro and small scale industries
in Karnataka, he said.
Assuring full support of the Federation for NSIC, Sri K.
Ravi, President, FKCCI offered the services of the
new state-of-art fully equipped Sir MV Auditorium
with conference halls of different sizes/capacity, and
which made for an ideal destination of convenience
for the Corporation’s activities.
NSIC Schemes & Services
Bank Credit Facilitation
Raw Material Assistance
Single Point Registration
Infomediary Services
NSIC Consortia and Tender Marketing Scheme
Bill Discounting
Infrastructure
Government Scheme implemented
by NSIC
National Schedule Caste and Schedule Tribe Hub
Marketing Assistance
Performance & Credit Ratings
ASPIRE Scheme
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