Under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a new Ministry of Cooperation was set up on July 2021 with an objective to provide renewed impetus to the growth of the Cooperative Sector and realization of the vision from Cooperation to Prosperity.
More than 50,000 small shopkeepers under the aegis of the Karnataka State Retail Beedi-Cigarette Merchants Association, which represents the Karnataka unit of the Federation of Retailer Association of India (FRAI), have been protesting across .
The aggrieved retailers have been holding protests in Bengaluru, Mysuru, Hubli, Mangaluru, among other cities, to voice their opposition against the proposed regulation, which will make it impossible for them to sustain their families. Shopkeepers in large numbers gathered in Bengaluru on Friday to carry out a protest against the draconian law.The