Coimbatore: Members of the Federation of Coimbatore Industrial Associations (FOCIA) have presented their demands to the CPM general secretary, Sitaram Yechury, during his recent visit to the city and urged him to include them in the party’s election manifesto. They also requested him to raise their demands in the Parliament through the party MPs.
Their demands were to control the increasing price of raw materials, form GST rectification and reform committee, provide separate identity to nano and cottage industries and settle bill payments to micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in a month, among others.
In a press statement, the FOCIA said the price of raw materials had been increasing continuously for the past few months and no steps have been taken to regulate the same, despite several representations to the government. “We request the government to regulate the price rise by imposing one year one price policy, fixing maximum allowed price and forming a raw material