Consumer Online Foundation (COF), Patient Safety & Access Initiative of India Foundation (PSAIIF), The AWARE CONSUMER (TAC) and Healthy You Foundation in association with PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PHDCCI), on the occasion of .
Proposed bill to amend law on cigarettes, tobacco products to aggravate job crisis: FAIFA
FAIFA said the COTPA amendment will have detrimental effect on the livelihoods of FCV farmers who cannot grow any other equally remunerative crop in their dry and arid regions.
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NEW DELHI: The proposed bill to amend the law regarding cigarettes and other tobacco products will aggravate the unemployment crisis amid the second wave of COVID-19 and the livelihoods of millions of small shop owners and kirana stores at stake, farmers body FAIFA said on Monday.
FAIFA, which claims to represent farmers and farm workers of commercial crops across Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka and Gujarat, also said the proposed COTPA (Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act) Amendment Bill, 2020 if implemented will have a further detrimental effect on the livelihoods of FCV (Flue Cured Virginia) farmers who cannot grow any other equally remunerative crop in thei
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Asmbhav Summit to raise voice against foreign e-com retailers
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New Delhi, April 14 : Representatives and supporters of over 6 lakh small Indian traders, distributors, and merchants, both off-line and on-line, have come together to launch a unique event, titled Asmbhav Summit . Asmbhav or impossible , manifests the belief of the sellers that till such time that India continues to allow foreign retailers to masquerade as marketplaces and platforms in India, success for small Indian sellers would be impossible.
The Asmbhav event is being concurrently held with Amazon s event, Smbhav 2021 which is ostensibly being positioned as a friend and guide to its small sellers and trader partners.
Saritha Rai, Bloomberg News A vendor wears a jacket featuring the logo for Amazon.com Inc. at Sadar Bazaar in New Delhi, India, on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019. In the heart of New Delhi s largest wholesale bazaar, merchants who normally compete with each other have united against a common enemy. The sit-in, which created more chaos than usual among the rickshaws, motorbikes and ox-carts plying the market road, was one of as many as 700 protests against Amazon.com Inc. and Walmart Inc. owner of local e-commerce leader Flipkart that organizers say took place at bazaars across India on a recent Wednesday.