SAIL inaugurates Representative Office in Dubai (See 'Corp Brief') Union Minister releases Aluminium Vision Document to drive Green Manufacturing (See 'Corp Brief') Reddy releases Copper Vision Document to strengthen India's Clean Energy Infra (See 'Corp Brief') Chouhan visits SKUAST-K Horticulture Gardens (See 'Corp Brief') 'Handloom Hackathon 2025' launched (See 'Corp Brief') MSME Minister visits KVIC in Mumbai (See 'Corp Brief') Construction of roads to begin soon under Phase IV of PMGSY: Chouhan (See 'Corp Brief') IPR - Permanent injunction issued against Defendant, prohibiting him from using 'VIVO' mark or any similar marks that could cause confusion and prevent any misrepresentation: HC (See 'Legal Desk') SAKSHAM-3000 switch cum router with 25.6 Tera bit per second launched (See 'Corp Brief') APEDA organizes 'Indian Mango Mania 2025' in Abu Dhabi (See 'Corp Brief') IPR - Superlative injunction opens up additional route for plaintiffs to avail grant of real-time reliefs against infringing activities of 'rogue' defendants, irrespective of mode thereof: HC (See 'Legal Desk') Need of strengthening SHG-led FNHW interventions Stressed (See 'Corp Brief') Santosh Kumar Takhele takes addl charge as Regional Executive Director, NTPC (See 'Corp Brief') IPR - Franchise India can't be allowed to pass off their products as that of Rasna's, since it may confuse members of trade and also of general public involved: HC (See 'Legal Desk') Scindia interacts with Postal and Sorting Assistants for spirit of 'Dak Sewa, Jan Sewa' (See 'Corp Brief') ESIC launches SPREE 2025 to expand Social Security Coverage (See 'Corp Brief') FERA - No penalty can be levied if therre is no default in realization of export proceeds: SAFEMA (See 'Legal Desk') CCI again penalises Federation of Publishers' and Booksellers' Association (See 'Corp Brief') CCI approves acquisition of equity in NACL Industries by Coromandel International (See 'Corp Brief') Hardeep Puri highlights LPG Connections and Oil & Gas Reforms (See 'Corp Brief') Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996 - 613-day delay in filing appeal can be condoned where no valid explanation is given for this inordinate delay: HC (See 'Legal Desk') CCI nod for investment by British International in ReNew Photovoltaics (See 'Corp Brief') CCI okays acquisition of shares of Billionbrains Garage Ventures by Viggo Investment (See 'Corp Brief') IBC - Request for timeline for disbursal of claim in form of query, rather than request for information u/s 2(f) of RTI Act, is not permitted: IBBI (See 'Legal Desk') Pondicherry Univ launches Governance Cell to inspire Next-Gen Public Leaders (See 'Corp Brief') MoS discusses Coastal Action Plan, Deep Ocean Prospects in Puducherry (See 'Corp Brief') IPR - Controller of Patents must clearly specify in hearing notice 'known substance' against which claimed invention of applicant is being assessed: HC (See 'Legal Desk') MoU signed to develop MY Bharat 2.0 Platform (See 'Corp Brief') 8th National Level Steering Committee meeting of Atal Bhujal Yojana held (See 'Corp Brief') SARFAESI - If borrowers have already availed remedy u/s 17 and secured creditor has no other alternative remedy, then creditor can avail remedy of petition under Article 227: HC (See 'Legal Desk') Centre issues Model Rules to States to aid Ease of Doing Business in Agroforestry (See 'Corp Brief') We have to make cycling trend in this modern generation: Mandaviya (See 'Corp Brief') Arbitration & Conciliation Act - Commercial Court not justified in refusing to release 25% of arbitral award to petitioner-company solely due to its change of name: HC (See 'Legal Desk') Sonowal hails Brahma Kumaris for 50 years of spiritual service and human upliftment (See 'Corp Brief') CEA organises All-India Electrical Safety awareness programme (See 'Corp Brief') SEBI - Delay in filing appeal not condonable where facts reflect that appellant was clearly aware of proceedings commenced by SEBI but did not prosecute appeal: SAT (See 'Legal Desk') Why Family Businesses in India Are Losing Their Own Bloodline (See CORP EINSICHT)

National policy on retail trade in pipeline: MoS

Published: Jul 17, 2019

By TIOLCORPLAWS News Service

NEW DELHI, JULY 17, 2019: THE MoS for Commerce & Industry, Mr Som Prakash, today in Parliament stated that the National Retail Trade Policy is under formulation. Comprehensive stakeholder consultations in all the States through FICCI, CII, ASSOCHAM, PHDCCI and other trade and commerce associations were conducted to get feedback on the needs and demands of the small traders. A video conference of Minister of Commerce and Industry with representatives of Industry Associations, Export Organizations and Traders Organizations was held on 18.02.2019, attended by more than 10,000 participants from a total of 42 NIC Centers and 29 other locations across the country.

Stakeholder consultations were also held under the Chair of Secretary, Department for Promotion of Industry & Internal Trade on 25.06.2019 to consider issues facing the retail sector and possible solutions for resolving them.

Regarding e-Commerce, the Department of Commerce established a Think Tank to formulate a “Framework for National Policy on E-commerce” and a Task Force under it which deliberated on the challenges confronting India in the area of digital economy and electronic commerce (e-commerce). The Think Tank was further divided into various sub-groups, comprising representation at the technical level from the Government, industry and experts with domain knowledge.

A draft National e-Commerce policy has been prepared and placed in public domain. Comments from various stakeholders (companies, Industry associations, think tanks, foreign governments) have been received. Meetings have been held under the chairmanship of Minister for Commerce & Industry with industry stakeholders, e-Commerce companies, associations of kirana stores, traders and retailers to discuss matters relating to e-commerce. The last such meeting took place on June 24, 2019.

TIOL CORP SEARCH

TIOL GROUP WEBSITES