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Coronavirus Lockdown: CAIT urges govt to reconsider economic package, says traders let down by exclusion
•Industry body CAIT has urged the government to reconsider the economic package and announce measures to support traders, saying the community feels let down for exclusion from the Rs 20 lakh crore stimulus to aid the economy reeling from the COVID-19 crisis
Coronavirus Outbreak: CAIT flags traders' inability to pay full salary for April, seeks Piyush Goyal's intervention
•As the country battles COVID-19, traders'' body CAIT on Thursday said traders are facing tremendous financial crunch and payment of full salary for April to their staff was next to impossible
Retail sector loses a whopping Rs 5.50 lakh cr since lockdown; around 20% traders may pull down shutters, says CAIT
Fp Staff •CAIT said the retail trade may see many more traders pulling down shutters as the sector has become unviable.
Retail trade has lost Rs 3.15 lakh-cr during lockdown but support PM on extension, says traders body CAIT
•There are about seven crore traders in the country, of which about 1.5 crore traders deal in essential commodities
India's retail trade incurs losses worth $30 bn last fortnight due to coronavirus pandemic: CAIT
•Traders' body CAIT on Tuesday said India's retail trade has incurred losses to the tune of whopping $30 billion (about Rs 2.2 lakh crore) in the last fortnight alone due to the coronavirus pandemic
CAIT writes to finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman seeking insurance cover for coronavirus-hit businesses
•Traders' body CAIT has appealed to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to direct regulator IRDAI to mandate insurance firms to introduce coverage for disruptions to businesses on account of the coronavirus outbreak
India pulls out of RCEP: Industry, traders and farmers welcome Narendra Modi govt's decision
•Industry, traders and farmers on Monday appreciated the Modi government's decision not to join China-backed mega Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)
Traders' body CAIT to launch nation-wide movement to protest against Amazon, Flipkart
•Traders' body CAIT on Sunday said it will launch a nation-wide movement to protest against e-commerce majors Amazon and Flipkart, alleging that they are flouting FDI policy norms and destroying the country's retail business
Narendra Modi promises collateral-free loan, insurance, pension in re-election pitch to business community
•Narendra Modi said he has in the five years of the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre worked to simplify lives and businesses of traders.
Pulwama terror attack: Traders body observes nationwide market bandh today
•CAIT secretary general Praveen Khandelwal said during the bandh, traders would observe a day long fast and take out a tribute march in their respective states.