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Greetings from GCCI! We have once again pushed-up the issues of transfer of

Gandhidham Complex Land during recent meeting with Revenue Minister of Gujarat State. We also insisted to take land on revenue records of Gujarat Government followed by opening of city survey office at Gandhidham. The Minister promptly directed his secretary to call meeting of DPT’s official, Revenue Secretary and Collector of Kachchh by the end of May’18 to chart out line of action in this regards. Now, lets us hope for the best.

After elapsed of long time, NHAI finally called a meeting with Chamber’s delegation alongwith responsible representatives of operating agencies of Toll Plazas. After long discussion, assurance was given to resolve problems of Toll Plazas situated at Surajbari, Samakhiyali & Mokha. We shall have to keep track on the progress and request all to share their experience in coming days.

The shipping ministry has initiated a start-up to create Blockchain – driven platform which will provide a real time registry of the world’s 27 million containers. It is a welcome move.

Crude oil prices hitting a four year high leading to price rise of petroleum products. This scenario is a worrisome pushing inflationary pressure upwards. The government must form a strategy to check fuel prices alongwith a new policy for Bio-fuels which has huge potential. Our Chamber has represented in past to include petroleum products under GST regime.

The world is moving towards a renewable future with tremendous odds in the interim.

Be ready……. future ready………

Babubhai B. Humbal President

Babubhai Humbal

President – GCCI

Nandlal 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 26

Date 01.06.2018 A Monthly Newsletter

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Events @ GCCI

Felicitation & Handing over of Cheque to Chief Minister @ Gandhidham on 06.5.2018

Felicitated Hon’ble Chief Minister Shri Vijaybhai Rupani during his visit to Gandhidham on 06th May, 2018 and handed over a Cheque of Rs.1,11,111/- in “Chief Minister Kanya Kelavani Nidhi” by GCCI delegation headed by President Shri Babubhai Humbal, Vice President Shri Nandlal Goyal, Hon. Secretary Shri Murlidhar Jagani, Past President Shri Parasmal Nahata, Member of Managing Committee Shri Rajubhai Chandnani, Shri Rajendra Agarwal, & Shri Mukesh Parekh.

Meeting with Revenue Minister of Gujarat on 21.05.2018

GCCI’s delegation headed by President Shri Babubhai Humbal, Hon. Secretary Shri Murlidhar Jagani, Past President Shri Dinesh Gupta along with Shri Shailesh Patwari, President of Gujarat Chamber of Commerce & Industry met Hon’ble Revenue Minister of Gujarat State Shri Kaushikbhai Patel on 21.5.2018 @ Gandhinagar and discussed the issues of transfer of Gandhidham Complex Land to Revenue Records of Gujarat Govt. During the discussion Hon’ble Minister had agreed to call a meeting on 30.05.2018 with DPT’s Officials, Kachchh Collector and Revenue Secretary under his Chairmanship to chart out line of action in this regards.

Meeting with Kachchh Collector on 28.05.2018

GCCI’s delegation headed by Hon. Secretary Shri Murlidhar Jagani, Past President Shri Dinesh Gupta & Managing Committee Member Shri Mahesh Tirthani met Kachchh Collector Smt. Remya Mohan @ Bhuj on 28.5.2018 to discuss the issues related to transfer of Gandhidham Complex Land to Revenue Records of Gujarat Govt. and further presentation in scheduled meeting on 30th May at Gandhinagar.

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NAME OF TRADE SHOW

DURATION & VENUE

Compack 14 to 16.06.18 Chennai Solar South 2018 16 to 16.06.18 Chennai OSH - Occupational Safety & Health India 2018

28 & 29.06.18 Hyderabad

Photo Today - Bengaluru 2018

29 to 01.07.18 Bengaluru

Automotex Kenya 2018 13 to 18.07.18 Nairobi, Kenya Sri Lanka Auto Parts Show 2018

02 to 05.08.18 Colombo

Intermat Asean 2018 06 to 08.09.18 Bangkok Motorclassica 2018 12 to 14.10.18 Melbourne Dubai International Bicycle Exhibition 2019

11 & 12.1.19 Dubai

Boston RV & Camping Expo 2019

18 to 21.01.19 Boston, US

Malaysia Commercial Vehicle Expo (MCVE) 2019

20 to 22.06.19 Kuala Lumpur

Please pay your membership fees for the year 2018-19 (ignore if already paid). The fees detail is given below:

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Farm to Fashion @ Ahmedabad on 4.5.2018

GCCI’s delegation headed by President Shri Babubhai Humbal, Hon. Secretary Shri Murlidhar Jagani, Vice President Shri Nandlal Goyal & Past President Shri Dinesh Gupta visited inaugural ceremony of Farm To Fashion, Indian Textile Global Summit organised jointly by Gujarat Chamber of Commerce & Industry and Maskati Cloth Market Mahajan and Ahmedabad on 4th May, 2018. They met Hon’ble Minister of Commerce & Industry Shri Suresh Prabhu, Hon’ble MOS of Agriculture & Farmer’s Welfare Shri Parshottam Rupala, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Gujarat Shri Vijaybhai Rupani, and Hon’ble Dy. C M Shri Nitin Patel on this occasion.

The GCCI recommended the name of our member Shri Rashmikant S Mehta as Member for Electricity Supply Code Review Panel of Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission, Gandhinagar.

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SHORT NEWS

Recycling Plastic for Green Fuel The port of Amsterdam has begun the construction of a new facility that will convert non-recyclable plastic into fuel for the transport sector. The project, run by Dutch company Bin2Barrel, is projected to cut CO2 emissions by 57,000 tonnes a year. The company’s first plant will be built in partnership with the port of Amsterdam through an investment of approximately $33 million and is planned to become operational at the end of 2018. READ MORE

APM Terminals Pipavav Digitizes Truck Permits APM Terminals Pipavav has developed an online version of Form 13, a gate-in permit issued by terminals, to save close to 3 million kilometres of road trips annually. The terminal on the West Coast of India will also reduce its carbon emissions each year by using the paperless form, which is a document that each of the 500 trucks need for taking containers through the terminal gates every day. READ MORE

Freight villages will change the logistic narrative of India The government has asked the Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) to develop so-called freight villages, a concept borrowed from European countries. The state-run IWAI will also provide inland waterways connectivity to these logistic hubs. In an interview with IWAI vice-chairman Pravir Pandey talks about freight villages, the World Bank-backed National Waterways 1 (NW1) project on river Ganga and the engineering marvels being created along waterways. READ MORE

Govt approves green license plates for e-vehicles To promote electric vehicles in India, the government has approved green licence plates bearing numbers in white fonts for private e-vehicles and yellow for taxis, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said. The government also plans to allow youth in the age bracket of 16-18 years to drive electric scooters, besides mandating taxi aggregators to have a certain percentage of e-vehicle fleet.

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Android P Tackles Phone Addiction, Distraction Google revealed some major new features in the next version of its Android operating system for mobile devices. Now in public beta, the OS known as "Android P" includes features designed to address growing concerns about phone addiction and distraction. For example, a dashboard will show users how often, when and for how long they use each application on their phone. What's more, they can set time limits on usage. READ MORE

Now, foreign ships can move commodities on local routes

Foreign-flagged ships will be allowed to transport agriculture, horticulture, fisheries and animal husbandry commodities between Indian ports without a licence, the Shipping Ministry said in an order issued on Tuesday in a second round of cabotage relaxation. READ MORE

Microsoft, Facebook, Oracle Among 34 Firms to Join Cybersecurity Tech Accord

Microsoft, Oracle and Facebook, along with 31 other companies, on Tuesday signed the Cybersecurity Tech Accord, an agreement aimed at defending against cyberattacks, whether coming from rogue hackers or nation-states. The 34 tech firms committed to stronger defenses, no offensive attacks, capacity building and collective action. The accord is designed to protect the integrity of the 1 trillion connected devices that could be in use around the world within the next 20 years. READ MORE

Commerce Minister Releases Strategy Paper on Computer Software and Electronics Exports

Electronics and Computer Software Export Promotion Council (ESC) has prepared a strategy paper for augmenting software exports to US$ 178 billion by 2022. Union Commerce &Industry and Civil Aviation Minister Suresh Prabhu, released the strategy paper in New Delhi. The Minister praised the efforts by the ESC for taking this initiative to prepare a strategy for boosting India’s computer software & ITeS and electronics export. READ MORE

ISRI says PSIC requirements for scrap metal lifted in India at certain ports

The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI), Washington, issued an alert to its members dated May 9, 2018, updating them about what it says is “very positive news” out of India with the South Asian country lifting the pre-shipment inspection certification (PSIC) requirement for all metal scrap from the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand and Australia through certain ports. READ MORE

Cargo traffic at major ports rise 1.7% in April The country's major ports recorded a 1.7 per cent growth in cargo traffic at 56.81 million tonnes (MT) in April, official data showed. "The major ports in India have recorded a growth of 1.78 per cent and together handled 56.81 million tonnes of cargo during the period April 2018 as against 55.82 million tonnes handled during the corresponding period of previous year," the Shipping Ministry said in a statement. READ MORE

Centre Injects Fresh Life Into Textile Sector In The Form Of ATUF Scheme

To achieve the vision of the Government for generation of employment and promotion of exports through “Make in India” and of Zero effect and Zero defect manufacturing, Central Government has introduced a new scheme “Amended Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme (ATUFS)”which provide one time capital subsidy for eligible investments in plant & machinery. Sector eligible under the scheme: Garment / Apparel / Made ups (wearable or non - wearable of stitched fabrics). Technical Textile ( i.e Mobitech, Meditech, Geotextiles, Agrotextiles, Protect, Pack Tech, Buildtech and Hometech ) READ MORE

Middle East, Africa seek India’s help to light up their villages

Impressed by India’s rural electrification drive, West Asian countries such as Jordan and Syria and some countries in sub-Saharan Africa have evinced interest in state-run Rural Electrification Corporation (REC) bringing electricity to their villages. This comes in the backdrop of electricity finally reaching all of India’s 597,464 census villages on 28 April, setting the stage for universal household electrification.

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Important Representations

Date Represented to Subject

01.5.18 All Members of Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Culture and Tourism, Delhi

Highlighting Pending issues Civil Aviation, Shipping & National Highway with respect to Kachchh District of Gujarat State

02.5.18 Shri R D Meghani, Superintendent Engineer, Paschim Gujarat Vij Co. Ltd., Anjar

Frequent Power Interruption and Voltage fluctuation at Chopadva

03.5.18 Shri Sanjay Bhatia, Chairman, Deendayal Port Trust Salt Exports - Request to preferences 03.5.18 Shri Vijaybhai Rupani, Chief Minister, Gujarat Regarding immediate solution of important issues of Gandhidham –

Kachchh 04.5.18 Shri Narendra Gadhvi, Station Master,

Emergency Response Centre, Gandhidham Lacuna of Emergency Response Centre, Gandhidham

07.5.18 Shri Piyush Goyal, Minister of Railway, New Delhi & Others

To regularise Bhagalpur – Gandhidham – Bhagalpur Train No.09451/09452

08.5.18 Japan External Trade Organisation, Ahmedabad To tap tremendous business potential of Kachchh District by Japanese business organisations and investors

16.5.18 The Divisional Railway Manager Western Railway, Ahmedabad

Upgradation of the facilities at Adipur Railway Station

19.5.18 Shri Mahesh Mittal Kumar, Chief Justice and Chairman, Company Law Board, New Delhi

To establish the facility of issuance of DIN to new entrepreneurs for the registration of LLP

22.5.18 Smt. Geetaben Ganatra, President & Others Gandhidham Nagarpalika, Gandhidham

Regarding maintenance and operation of traffic signals in Gandhidham city

Prize Sponsored by:

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Ans-3. (d) Chandigarh

Ans-4. (c) Hawa Mahal

Ans-5. (b) Kerala

April – G K Quiz

1st Prize : Ms. Shilpa Joshi

2nd Prize: Mr. Amit Thacker

3rd Prize: Mr. Piyush Agarwal

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In digital era, the wonderful world of “Business Analytics” has emerged. Business Analytics refers to the skill, technologies, application and practices used by business organisations to gain insight into their past performance and consequently to drive futuristic business planning. There is immense scope of application of Analytics virtually to any business & business process right from a company dealing in a niche product, a monopoly or competitive market. However, degree and volume of its application vary from business to business. A business like financial services, telecom, retail, travel, logistics, gaming, hospitality etc. generates a lot of transaction data which are clearly more amenable to analytics than others. In Business Analytics, a process followed which is similar to scientific methods by using tools and techniques to turn data into meaningful business insights. The process always start with business problems like optimising pricing to boost revenue, segment customers to tailor product offers, pinpoint bottlenecks in supply chain etc. Firstly, analyse the problem and then use the following types of Analytics: DESCRIPTIVE ANALYTICS - What happened? PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS - What might happen? PRESCRIPTIVE ANALYTICS - What should we do? In India, the interest and awareness to Business Analytics has been quit a recent phenomenon. Indian Industry by and large has wake-up to the fact of creating extensive business databases with an idea of helping managers at all levels to make strategic decision in a precise manner. For Business Analytics, the basic requirement is of availability of digital data and analysing the same with various digital tools to complete the whole process step – by – step to finally arrive at recommendations to achieve the goal. In our country, widespread use of Computers and Internet has led to explosion of data availability for such purpose. Analytics is one of the fastest growing segments in the KPO (Knowledge Process Outsourcing) industry in our country. Business Analytics has emerged as a solution to help companies synthesise data that can be applied for the benefit of the business by overcoming a challenge of proper harnessing the data. Analytics can range from a simple evaluation of sales achieved in preceding year for a particular product, employee turnover in that year to a complex mathematical model predicting which customer to target for the next year’s marketing campaign.

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USEFUL LINK

Public Notice By Kandla Customs: Abolition of Import Appraisement Group VII and other Export related developments.

Circular by Deendayal Port Trust regarding Vehicle/Equipment Fitness Checklist.

General Order 1 of 2018 by Director General of Shipping - Relaxation for coastal movement of EXIM Transhipment Containers and Empty Containers.

To sum-up, Business Analytics acts as Doctor for the business and industry. As doctor first collects inputs from patient and them uses tools for the diagnostics purpose and finally prescribes medicines to cure the problem. Similarly, under Business Analytics, input is digital data which is analysed with the help of tools and conclusion is drawn followed by the recommendation to resolve business problems.

By: Ashok Vora Executive Secretary

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Knowledge dikhaao, inaam paao! Theme for this Month: GCCI

"Exciting Prizes to be won"

1 How many Past Presidents are member of present Managing Committee of GCCI? a) 04 b) 05 c) 03 d) 00

4 Which organisation is sponsored by GCCI for charity? a) Sankat Mochan Society b) Nivaran Society c) Shree Sankat Nivaran Society d) Shri Sankat Mochan Charitable Trust

2 How many Co-opted members are nominated in Managing Committee GCCI for present year? a) 10 b) 09 c) 08 d) None of the above

5 In which year GCCI celebrated it’s Golden Jubilee? a) 2000 b) 2002 c) 2004 d) 2003

3 Initially which association played leading role in formation of The Gandhidham Chamber of Commerce & Industry?

a) Shree Gandhidham Grain, Seeds & Oil Merchants Association b) Gandhidham S & N Shopkeepers Association c) Shri Gandhidham Grain & Kiryana Retail Merchants Association d) Gandhidham Readymade Garment & General Merchant Association

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