Monday, 03 May, 2021, 08 : 00 AM [IST]
Recently prices of edible cooking oil have increased due to various factors including Covid-19 and bad weather conditions. Of course, the Central Government reduced the import duty on palm oil by 10 per cent but the problem of inflation still prevails.
Shankar V Thakkar, who is the national president of
Akhil Bharatiya Khadhyatel Vyapari Mahasangh, and the metropolitan president of Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT), shares his views on the issues surrounding increasing rates of edible cooking oil in India, the countryâs quest to become self-sufficient in production of oils, the regulations and more in an email interview with Manjushree Naik. Excerpts:
Calls for nationwide lockdown intensify as Covid-19 cases rise
Calls for nationwide lockdown intensify as Covid-19 cases rise
CAIT National President and Secretary General Praveen Khandelwal on Monday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to immediately impose a nationwide lockdown in order to break the chain of infections during the second Covid-19 wave.
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UPDATED: May 3, 2021 19:21 IST
A nationwide lockdown has not been imposed so far during the second wave of Covid-19 in India. (Photo: PTI/Representational image)
At least 67 per cent of individuals who participated in an online survey conducted by the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) called for a nationwide lockdown in view of the worsening Covid-19 situation in the country.
Delhi traders to observe voluntary lockdown till May 10 amid Covid surge
Delhi traders to observe voluntary lockdown till May 10 amid Covid surge
Traders associations in Delhi have decided to observe a voluntary lockdown till May 10 in the wake of rising Covid-19 cases.
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PTI file photo of the Lajpat Nagar market in New Delhi.
Traders associations in Delhi have decided to observe voluntary lockdown of commercial markets for eight more days till May 10 in order to contain the spread of Covid-19.
The decision was announced on Friday at a video conference held by the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT).
CAIT demands Delhi lockdown extension till May 15
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Opening shops in such a dilapidated situation can create further troubles for the traders, they said
The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) on Thursday urged Delhi LG Anil Baijal and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to extend the lockdown in the capital till May 15. The ongoing lockdown ends on May 3.
Traders have “a unanimous opinion that Covid-19 situation in Delhi has gone out of control,” CAIT said in a statement.
“Opening shops in such a dilapidated situation can create further troubles for the traders. If any of the traders, their employees or customers gets infected with Covid-19, then under the present condition, it will be difficult to get medical treatment in Delhi,” the statement said.