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A battle of billionaires and digitisation threaten the backbone of Indiaâs $854-billion household retail sectorâdistributors of soaps to staples.Mukesh Ambaniâs Reliance Retail Ltd. is co-opting neighbourhood stores into his vision of creating a network for JioMartâa marriage of brick-and-mortar and online retail. These kirana outlets serve the last mile, supplying grocery and other products ordered on JioMart, taking on Jeff Bezosâ .
A battle of billionaires and digitisation threaten the backbone of Indiaâs $854-billion household retail sectorâdistributors of soaps to staples.
Mukesh Ambaniâs Reliance Retail Ltd. is co-opting neighbourhood stores into his vision of creating a network for JioMartâa marriage of brick-and-mortar and online retail. These
E-commerce firms, traders differ over essential goods definition thehindubusinessline.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thehindubusinessline.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Even as the e-commerce industry has urged the government to allow it to deliver both essential and non-essential goods and services during the Covid-19 curfews, industry body National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom) has communicated to various central and state departments that items like laptops, mobile phones and chargers are critical for work from home (WFH).
Nasscom has written to the CEO, Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC), the secretary, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) and the secretary, ministry of home affairs, requesting that e-commerce firms be permitted to deliver all goods and services and not be restricted to just “essential” ones, subject to appropriate safety norms. A senior government official told
Traders body CAIT calls for 10-day lockdown in national capital to curb COVID cases
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Synopsis It is very important to break the chain and for that it is very important to put a complete lockdown for at least 10 days in Delhi. Traders of Delhi stand with the government and will continue supplies of essential commodities uninterruptedly, CAIT Secretary General Praveen Khandelwal said.
Domestic traders body CAIT on Thursday asked the Delhi government to impose a complete lockdown for at least 10 days to control coronavirus infections but at the same time ensure movement of vehicles carrying essential goods for the people.