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Greetings from GCCI!

Gujarat state’s machinery is gearing-up for the forthcoming assembly elections. As

a part of the democratic process, people of the state get an opportunity to cast their

vote with the hope of better days ahead.

With a view to boost logistics in India, recently the government granted

infrastructure status to the logistics sector. The move would help the companies in

this sector to attract huge investment and give a shot in the arm to the country’s

trade.

GST relief and amendments are pouring in and some more are in pipeline, but GST

still has to get stabilised to generate real effect on India’s GDP and economy.

Our Chamber is actively participating on newly formed platform of regional

council conceptualised by Gujarat Chamber of Commerce & Industry to jointly

represent the trade & business related issues to the government and various

agencies to achieve ultimate aim of nurturing, facilitating & transforming

commerce & industry of Gujarat State. The next regional council meeting will be

held at our chamber during 1st week of January, 2018 and hence, trade related

issues are invited from our all members for presentation during the meeting.

A joint delegation of our Chamber & ISMA visited New Delhi recently and had

meeting with MOS for Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution Shri C. R.

Chaudhary to highlight negative impacts likely to arise on closer of salt offices all

over India. They also met various top officials of Indian Railway and strongly

represented various issues related to goods traffic and salt loading.

Think positive as this does make a difference in the way you act. Work hard & be

happy.

Babubhai B. Humbal

Upcoming Events

Gujarat Chamber of Commerce’s

Regional Council Meeting on 04.01.2018

@ Chamber Bhavan

Babubhai Humbal President – GCCI

Nandalal Goyal Vice President

Murlidhar Jagani Hon. Secretary

Sanjay Gandhi Hon. Jt. Secretary

Jayesh Rajde Treasurer

Bulletin Committee

Murlidhar Jagani Hon. Secretary

Mahadev Rajani Convenor

Anuj Sharma

Jagdish Nahta

Purvesh Raval

Member

Co-ordinated by

Ashok P. Vora

Arpan Vachharajani

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Issue 20

Date

01.12.2017

A Monthly Newsletter

Estd 1953

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Events @ GCCI

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Visit of Gujarat Chamber’s Delegation

A Delegation of the Gujarat Chamber of Commerce & Industry headed by its Sr. Vice President Dr. Jaimin Vasa, Hon. Treasurer Shri

Pratap S Chandan & others visited the Gandhidham Chamber on 18.11.2017 and held a meeting with Office Bearers, Managing

Committee Members, representatives of various commercial organizations of Kutch and business fraternity of Gandhidham – Kandla

Complex to discuss the various issues related to Trade & Commerce.

After a floral welcome of the delegates, The President Shri Babubhai Humbal in his inaugural speech greeted all & handed-over a written

memorandum on various issues related to business fraternity of Kutch. Representatives from different organizations & members of

Gandhidham Chamber discussed the various issues like GST rates on Timber, the situation of various industrial clusters of Gujarat State,

Coastal Shipping, Multimodal Transport, Solar Energy, E-Vehicle, Warehousing, Hotel Food & issues of various liaisons, Appointment

of regular officers in Salt Offices in the Gujarat, Inadequate allocation of salt rack by Indian Railway, Proper arrangements of drinking

water for salt farmers on the coastal area of Kachchh, Complex process initiated by Gandhidham Development Authority, Problems of

MSME Sector and various issues related to GST with the representatives of Gujarat Chamber.

As per the Sr. V.P. of GCCI Dr. Vasa, the new guidelines adopted by the Gujarat Chamber under the able leadership of President Shri

Shailesh Patwari & the concept of the Regional Council was conceptualized. He appealed everyone to come forward for solving various

issues of trade & commerce under the common banner of Gujarat Chamber. He informed that the amendments made by the Government

in GST Act are the result of the presentation made by the Gujarat Chamber & particularly the positive efforts of the President - Gujarat

Chamber for solving various problems of GST. Apart from this, he shared information related to the current activities of Gujarat

Chamber, help desk functioning @ GCCI on GST, Export-Import and MSME. He assured that they have taken note of all the questions

/ issues raised in this meeting and shall try to clear these issues and update progress in this regards in coming days.

During the meeting, Hon. Secretary Shri Murlidhar Jagani informed that 3rd meeting of Regional Council of Gujarat Chamber will be

held on the 4th of January, 2018 at Gandhidham Chamber, in which the representatives of Gujarat Chamber, Gandhidham Chamber and

the representatives of other Regional Chambers of Gujarat State will discuss the various issues of trade & commerce.

At the end, Vice President, Shri Nandlal Goyal thanked all and appealed to send the issues to Gandhidham Chamber for the discussion

in 3rd meeting of Regional Council.

Answers of Kutch Rann Utsav Quiz Ans–1 c. 1st November 2017 – 20th February 2018 Ans–2 b. Dhordo

Ans–3 a. Shri Amitabh Bachchan Ans–4 d. Full Moon Night Ans–5 a. Desert Festival

Ans–4 c. The return of Rama & Sita to Ayodhaya after 14 years Ans-5 b. Nepal

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Winners

Kutch Rann Utsav Quiz

1st

Prize : Mr. Devkumar Kapta

2nd

Prize : Mr. Kalpesh Varchand

3rd

Prize : Ms. Preeti Gulati

A joint delegation of our Chamber & ISMA

visited Shri C R Chaudhary, Hon’ble Minister

of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and

Public Distribution.

Video Conference of

President, Gujarat Chamber of Commerce with regional

council members on 13.11.2017 @ 5.00 pm

Gujarat Chamber of Commerce & Industry successfully

organised a video conference of President, Gujarat Chamber

of Commerce & Industry with regional council member

mainly to get feedback and to understand the ground reality

after roll out of GST and subsequent amendments in GST

rules and regulation.

All regional council members briefed about the scenario in

new GST regime. All welcome recent amendments and

changes in rates structure of GST and hope this will smooth

the execution of transactions under GST. Our president Shri

Babubhai Humbal and other office bearers participated in this

video conference. They expressed their readiness to organise

schedule visit of the delegation of Gujarat Chamber of

Commerce at Gandhidham Chamber on 18.11.2017 and also

requested to confirm the date of next regional council

member’s meeting at Gandhidham Chamber.

SHORT NEWS Officials wrongfully charging duty on solar panels: RK Singh

Renewable energy minister Raj Kumar Singh has complained to finance

minister Arun Jaitley that customs officials are demanding duty on

imported solar equipment, which has led to ports getting jammed with

shipments and jeopardised the prime minister’s flagship programme of

accelerating renewable energy projects. READ MORE

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Important Representations

Date Represented to Subject

20.11.17 Shri Ramesh Abhishek, Secretary,

Ministry of Commerce & Industry & Others

Closure of the Salt Commissioner organization- is it

necessary?

18.11.17 Delegation of Gujarat Chamber of Commerce &

Industries

Memorandum of various issues of Kachchh

17.11.17 Member Traffic, Railway Board, New Delhi &

Others

Request to allot 5 rakes for salt loading per day in the

state of Gujarat

16.11.17 Shri Piyush Goyal, Hon’ble Minister of Railway

& Others

Mechanised loading of salt wagon/rake

14.11.17 Project Director, National Highways Authority of

India

Placement of sign board for the indication of the way to

Gandhidham city

14.11.17 Smt. Mamata Verma, Industries Commissioner,

Gandhinagar

Invitation of Meeting with GCCI for issues related to

MSME Sector of Kachchh District

14.11.17 The Divisional Railway Manager, Ahmedabad

Divisional Office, Western Railway,

Ahmedabad

Upgradation of the facilities at Adipur Railway Station

07.11.17 Smt. Remya Mohan, Collector - Kachchh The merchants should not be harassed during the

implementation of Code of Conduct 08.11.17 Dy. Executive Engineer, Road & Building

Department, Anjar

Repairing of Adipur – Mundra Road

08.11.17 Smt. Remya Mohan, Collector - Kachchh Matters relating to the stamp duty under the process of

free hold of lease hold of Gandhidham complex lands

08.11.17 Trafitronics India Pvt. Ltd., Pune Repairing of Traffic Signals

02.11.17 Shri Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati,

Hon’ble Minister for Civil Aviation, New Delhi

To develop new International Airport at Kandla

Scott Galloway

How Amazon, Apple,

Facebook and Google

manipulate our emotions

David Titley

How the military

fights climate

change

Tim Kruger

Can we stop climate

change by removing

CO2 from the air?

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SHORT NEWS

High-rises in GIFT City run into trouble

It’s third time unlucky for Gujarat International Finance Tec-City

(GIFT), billed as India’s first global financial services and IT hub

that’s coming up near Ahmedabad airport. The smart city project

may have to scale down the height of several planned multi-storied

buildings after a study that that it had specifically sought – the third

such survey since 2008 – recommended that curbs on high-rises in

the vicinity of the airport should be maintained without exception in

the interest .. READ MORE

Logistics sector to soon get infrastructure status

The logistics sector will soon get

infrastructure status, a move that will help

the industry raise funds at competitive rates

and boost India’s trade, a senior

government official has said. The proposal

mooted by the Commerce Ministry has

been approved by the Finance Ministry. READ MORE

All India Seminar on ‘Natural Gas in Coastal and Inland

Shipping’ held

The All India Seminar on ‘Natural Gas in Coastal and Inland

Shipping’ organised by the Forum for River and Ocean Scientists

and Technologists (FROST) and Institute of engineers (India),

Odisha State Centre and supported by DRDO and OCEAN

SPARKLE having the largest fleet of coastal ships, was inaugurated

at the Institution of Engineers (India) building by Shri Atanu K.

Mukherjee, renowned marine engineer and Chairman of the Marine

Engineering Division of IE(I). READ MORE

Govt. floats new rules on building, repairing ships to

boost quality, safety

The government has drafted new rules to ensure quality and

safety of Indian-flag ships built or repaired at shipbuilding and

repair yards (both local and overseas) while prescribing an age

limit of 20 years for ships imported into India. The new rules will

also apply to equipment used on board Indian ships and their

manufacturers and cover all Indian ships regardless of their size,

nature of voyage or location of survey. READ MORE `

These Logistics Startups Are Tackling India's Infrastructural

Challenges With AI And Big Data

The supply chain logistics business is not easy

on the startups. In India, though the business is

propelled by e-commerce, retail and

manufacturing sectors, half a dozen startups

despite integrating technology into the age-old

logistics space closed down operations last year. This resulted in

others in the business upping the ante in offering faster, smarter and

more cost effective services using big data, artificial intelligence (AI)

and predictive analytics. READ MORE

Indian Oil Corporation to establish a textile park in

Odisha

Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (IOCL) and MCPI Ltd. have signed

a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to set up a textile park

in Odisha. The agreement was signed during the Petrochemical

Investors Conclave held last week in Bhubaneshwar. The Odisha

Government recently took various steps such as establishing a

Yarn Bank, speeding up the process of setting up an Apparel

Incubation Centre at National Institute of Fashion Technology

(NIFT), Bhubaneswar, to boost textile industry in the state.

READ MORE

IOC opens India's first electric charging station in Nagpur

In a major step in spreading the use of

green energy, India’s first electric

vehicle (EV) charging station was

started here on Sunday by Indian Oil

Corp (IOC), according to the state-run

oil marketing company. Indian Oil has

partnered with cab aggregator Ola to set

up the charging station at an IOC petrol pump here.

READ MORE

Toyota, Suzuki ink MoU to launch EV in India by 2020

Toyota Motor Corporation and Suzuki Motor Corporation have

concluded a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on moving

forward in considering a cooperative structure for introducing

electric vehicles (EVs) in the Indian market in around 2020. The

agreement stems from the two companies having concluded on

February 6 this year a MOU on beginning considerations for

business partnership, after which they began discussing, among

other topics, the dissemination of vehicle electrification

technologies in India. READ MORE `

Permission to display revised MRP

On account of implementation of GST w.e.f. 1st July, 2017, there

may be instances where the retail sale price of a pre-packaged

commodity is required to be changed. In this context, Union Minister

for Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Shri Ram Vilas

Paswan had allowed the manufacturers or packers or importers of

pre-packaged commodities to declare the revised retail sale price

(MRP) in addition to the existing retail sale price (MRP)...

READ MORE

Asia Pacific Cert (APCERT) Discuss Building Trust in

Digital Economy First ever Asia Pacific Computer Emergency Response Team

(APCERT) Open Conference in India and the first in South Asia was

held in New Delhi on November 15, 2017. It was inaugurated by the

Hon’ble Minister of Electronics and Information Technology, Shri Ravi

Shankar Prasad The Hon’ble Minister mentioned that innovation in

cyber security is a big focus of the Government. There are more than

100 cyber security product companies in India…. READ MORE

This startup can build fully furnished home for you in two weeks

"We are in the process of converting

shipping containers into homes," was the

straight-faced response from Hemant

Attray, who along with his BITS-Pilani

batchmate Rajesh Kotta, started Square

Plums last year. "When ready, these are loaded onto trucks and

eventually installed on a site that is pre-owned by a property dealer,"

he added. READ MORE

India has more woman techies, than US

The technology sector is the second-

largest employer of women in India,

behind the pharmaceutical and care sector,

according to a study earlier this year by

Nasscom in partnership with The Open

University in the UK. India's IT-BPM (business process

management) industry employs nearly 3.9 million people, of

which over 1.3 million are women. READ MORE

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WELCOME NEW MEMBERS

Sr.

No.

Member

No.

Name & Address of the Member Business Representative

1 3119 SAMYAK TRADEX LLP

Plot No.42, 2nd Floor,

Opp. Old Court, Sector 1 A, Gandhidham - Kachchh

accounts@samyaktradex.com

Trading Firm

98252 33337

95748 90007

Nirav P. Mehta

Suhag S. Sheth

2 3120 NILKANTH EXPORTS

C B X - 390,

Behind Janta Petrol Pump, Adipur - Kachchh

nilkanthexports52@gmail.com

Manufacturers & Trading In

Chemical, Minerals, By Product

99784 05452

99099 66277

Hitesh Wadhwani

Laxman Wadhwani

3 3121 SHIV OM CARGO MOVERS

305, 306, 2nd Floor, Gokul Park Bldg.

Plot No.356 / 12 B, Near Axis Bank,

Gandhidham - Kachchh

kanhaiya@shivamseatrans.com

Transport

94262 17014

98253 25514

Nirmala H. Yadav

Krishnakumar H. Yadav

4 3122 HEENA JEWELLERS

1st Floor, Plot No. 249,

Ward 12 B, Zaveri Bazar, Gandhidham - Kachchh

heenajewell@gmail.com

Wholesaler Of Gold & Silver

98252 88522

98797 11599

Dharmendra Ravji Parekh

Hitesh Ravji Parekh

5 3123 SHIV GANGA LOGISTICS

Office No.7, Gr. Floor, Plot No. 46,

Sector - 8, Trade Centre, Gandhidham - Kachchh

shivgangalogistics277@gmail.com

Shipping / Forwarding

99785 27277

Dinesh Makwana

Chaman K. Maheshwari

6 3124 UNITED FORWARDERS

Office No.2 B, 1st Floor,

Plot No.113 - 114, Sector - 8,Gandhidham - Kachchh

unitedforwarders.cr@gmail.com

Shipping

96873 37242

C. G. Bhanushali

7 3125 RAJAT IMPEX

Office No.44, 1st Floor, G M A Bldg.

Plot No.297, Ward 12 B, Gandhidham - Kachchh

accounts@rajatlogistics.com

Clearing & Forwarding

98795 98226

98795 96226

Sandeep K. Shah

Nilay Pravin Dand

8 3126 SWASTIK TECHNOLOGY

Shop No.8, G F, Rajdeep Complex

Plot No.15, Sector 9 A, Gandhidham - Kachchh

sales@swastiktechno.com

Dealers In I T, C C T V &

Electronic Security

98981 90377

Ashok Ojha

9 3127 PRISHA OVERSEAS PVT. LTD.

3 / 4, Shanker Nagar Society,

Radhaswami Road, Ranip, Ahmedabad - Gujarat

prishaoverseaspvtltd@gmail.com

Export / Import

98254 35822

98988 28248

Prashant Arvind Shukla

Sandeep Baijnathsinh

Rajput

10 3128 YADU IMPEX PVT. LTD.

Plot No. 4 & 11, Near K P S School,

Meghpar Borichi, Tal - Anjar

yaduimpex@gmail.com

Timber Merchant

98252 25515

99791 56664

Hemchandra B. Yadav

Kanhaiya H. Yadav

11 3129 GUJARAT REFINED SALT MFRRS. WELFARE

ASSOCIATION

Office No.104, 1st Floor, Plot No. 38,

Chetna Chamber, Sector - 9, Gandhidham - Kachchh

grsma.salt@gmail.com

Salt Association

98252 25770

94267 80411

Bachubhai D. Ahir

Kanubhai S. Solanki

12 3130 SHYAM TIMBER PVT. LTD.

232/1, New Nagori Plot,

Near Galpadhar Road, Gandhidham - Kachchh

pravin@shyamtimber.com

Importer &

Timber Merchant

98252 25910

98252 25951

Pravin S. Jethwa

Sunil S. Jethwa

13 3131 VANDANA TIMBER PVT. LTD.

232/1, New Nagori Plot,

Near Galpadhar Road Corner,

Gandhidham - Kachchh

vtplgim@gmail.com

Timber

Importer &

Traders

98798 96369

97264 51391

Sanchit P. Jethwa

Bhumik V. Jethwa

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Knowledge dikhaao, inaam paao!

Theme for this Month: Christmas

"Exciting Prizes to be won"

1. On which date do we celebrate Christmas every year?

a. 22nd December

b. 25th December

c. 15th December

d. The date changes every year

2. Who visits the children on Christmas?

a. Easter Bunny

b. Yeti

c. Snowman

d. Santa Claus

3. Which one of the following is the name of one of Santa’s reindeers?

a. Rudolph

b. Mickey

c. Ricky

d. Goofy

4. What is the other name of Santa Claus?

a. St. Joseph

b. St. Peter

c. St. Nicholas

d. St. Mark

5. What do we sing on Christmas?

a. Poems

b. Gazals

c. Hymns

d. Carols

For Rules & Regulations

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GCCI Quiz Knowledge dikhaao, inaam paao!

Rules & Regulations 1. Five multiple choice questions based on a particular theme will be asked every month.

2. Participants can participate by sending the correct answers to all five questions by email to

info@gccikandla.com

3. Participants must have mention his/her name and contact details compulsorily.

4. Only one entry per participant is allowed.

5. Correct Entries received only by email shall be eligible for prize.

6. Entries CANNOT be sent by any other medium like letter, SMS or WhatsApp.

7. Last date for receiving entries shall be 15th date of the month in which the quiz has been published.

8. Three winners will be declared every month.

9. The winners will be decided on “Fastest Finger First” basis; which means that the first correct entry

received after the publication of bulletin will be given the 1st prize; the second correct entry received

will be given the 2nd prize and the third correct entry received shall be given the 3rd prize. The “time-

stamp” shown in email shall be considered as proof for determining which entry came first.

10. In case of any dispute, the decision taken by the Convener of Bulletin Sub-Committee shall be final.

11. The members of the Managing Committee & Bulletin Sub-Committee of GCCI or their relatives

shall not be eligible to participate in this quiz.

12. Correct answers along with the names of the three winners shall be declared in the next issue of

GCCI Bulletin.

13. Winners have to approach the GCCI office to claim their prizes within five working days of

declaration of the results.

14. No cash shall be given in lieu of the prizes.

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With the vision of accelerating delivery of e-services as

envisaged under NeGP and optimising ICT spending of the

government, the Government of India has launched the

initiative of establishing the e-Gov AppStore. The e-Gov App

Store is a national level common repository of customizable

and configurable applications, components and web services

that can be re-used by various government

agencies/departments at Centre and States, which will include

the setting up of a common platform to host and run

applications (developed by government agencies or private

players) at National Clouds.

Following are the objectives for setting up the e-Gov AppStore:

To speed up the development and deployment of e-Gov applications

To replicate easily successful applications across States

To avoid duplication of effort and cost in development of similar application

To ensure availability of certified applications following common standards at one place

Core and common applications that have high demand and are replicable across the central and state

levels are likely to be included in e-Gov AppStore, which shall be hosted on the National Cloud.

Common components like the payment gateway, messaging platform, MIS reporting, etc, will also

be made available in the e-Gov AppStore. Any department can use the services of e-Gov AppStore

through two primary means – either by directly running an application available in the respective e-

Gov AppStore or by downloading an application from the respective e-Gov AppStore.

The e-Gov AppStore has the following features:

Allows sharing of applications

Allows search for applications

Provides basic information about an application on selection

Allows users to review an application provide feedback and rate an application

For contributing applications, there is three level approval process for government applications and

two level approval process for private applications

Allows authenticated (privileged) users to download application for consumption

The e-Gov AppStore is also a repository showcasing NIC applications and components which were

developed for specific requirement of States. These applications are not yet in their productized form. Going

ahead, some of the popular applications will be productized and made available on the e-Gov AppStore to

be used as SaaS.

To know more on e-Gov click on http://apps.nic.in/

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