Traders on Tuesday threatened to launch a nation-wide agitation to protest against imposition of service tax.
However, metro services, schools, colleges, cinema halls and salons will remain closed, the chief minister said. Wearing masks and following social distancing norms are mandatory in the city, Kejriwal said, adding that no activity will be permitted in containment zones, except for essential services.
'The BJP certainly has an edge as the BJP has gone ahead of the Congress in pleasing the trading community.'
Retailers claim online firms' predatory pricing strategy disrupting business
The complaint has been received against these online trading entities weeks after an uproar over Flipkart's massive discount sale which had raised concerns of anti-competitive practices.
"Not a single step has been taken by this government to empower small businesses in India," says Praveen Khandelwal, national secretary general of the Confederation of All India Traders and former treasurer of the Bharatiya Janata Party's Delhi unit.
Many traders say that after demonetisation cash in the market has drastically reduced
Such campaigns would badly affect players in the traditional retail market.
For now Walmart has said it remains optimistic about India. But that could change without prior notice, says Nivedita Mookerji.
Union Environment Minister Harsh Vardhan welcomed the apex court's order and urged people to abide by the SC guidelines and 'give green Diwali and our environment a chance'
The prime minister thanked the people but said it was the start of a long battle, as he urged them to follow social distancing to stop the chain of transmission of Coronavirus which has infected 360 people and claimed seven lives in India.
With expectations of customers changing and demand for seamless, uninterrupted shopping increasing, tech companies are now using this fear of becoming irrelevant as a sales pitch to sell their products to traditional retailers.
N Sundaresha Subramanian digs deeper into what Catalyst, an Indo-US project, brings to the payments ecosystem.
States are apprehensive of losing their rights to raise revenue during emergencies.
CCI investigation into predatory pricing likely
In order to counter the growing penetration of e-commerce portals, the ICT industry in Gujarat is also mulling initiation of its own portal for selling products.
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Traders were up in arms, fearing huge job loss if Walmart was to enter.
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