03.05.18

The Gandhidham Chamber of Commerce & Industry




Issue 25

Date
A Monthly Newsletter 03.05.2018
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PRESIDENT’S DESK Babubhai Humbal
President – GCCI


Nandlal Goyal
Vice President
Greetings from GCCI!


We all must have started a new financial year with the better hopes and Murlidhar Jagani
new business goals to achieve new heights in coming days. Hon. Secretary


In light of the introduction of amendments through latest notification,
the Government has opened new path for the start-ups. Now start-ups will have Sanjay Gandhi
Hon. Jt. Secretary
easy access to funding which in turn will ensure ease in starting new business,

encourage entrepreneurship leading to more job creation and economic growth
in the country. Jayesh Rajde
Treasurer
Shipping Ministry is in process of preparing “42-Point Agenda” to
simplify Exim operation at Ports. Out of these, 20 amendments relate to exports

and remaining 22 related to imports.
Bulletin Committee

Our delegation had a video conference with Mr. Sanjay Bhatia, In- Murlidhar Jagani

Charge Chairman of DPT on 09th April, 2018. We had strongly & effectively Hon. Secretary

represented issues related to land of Gandhidham Complex and port related
operational issues. There was positive response from the Chairman and we are
hopeful for the resolution of pending issues. Mahadev Rajani
Convenor
Similarly, our delegation had also participated in Industrial & SWIFT

meeting called by the Collector of Kutch followed by a meeting to review ATR Anuj Sharma
in this regard.
Jagdish Nahta
Our vigorous campaign to highlight land issues of Gandhidham Purvesh Raval
Member
Township through press and media gave momentum to these long pending
burning issues.

Your opinion and co-operation have always been crucial for the affairs Co-ordinated by

of our Chamber and I look forward to your continuous support. Ashok P. Vora
Arpan Vachharajani
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Events @ GCCI


Farewell to Shri Kushagra Mittal, ARM, WR, Gandhidham
























































GCCI & Associations of Salt Industry have jointly given a farewell to Shri Krushagra Mittal, Area Railway Manager, WR, Gandhidham
on 06.04.2018 @ Chamber Bhavan.

At the outset, Jt. Secretary Shri Sanjay Gandhi greeted Mr. Mittal and all other business fraternity. He appreciated his cool nature,
positive attitude, qualities of dedication towards work. He also recalled that during his tenure, Gandhidham Station has won best station
award and also loading of record break 1379 wagons in single day in recent past. Shri Gandhi wished him good luck for his one year
training at Bangalore.

Shri Murlidhar Jagani, Secretary thanked for his co-operation to the Trade & Industry during his tenure and wished him a happy future.
Leading Salt industrialist Shri Bachubahi Ahir & Shri Babulal Singhvi expressed their feelings, that Gandhidham Railway Station &
salt industry will miss a well-respected, result oriented, versatile young railway officer.

Shri Kushagra Mittal, Area Manager expressed his gratitude in the response to his greetings, saying that it is a matter of pride that the
Gandhidham Chamber has a modern Chamber house with all facilities, as per its credentials. He said that during his stay in Kutch,
there has been a cooperative attitude of the people of the Kutch and for this, he thanked the people of Kutch. He expressed his hope
that the ongoing projects will be completed in its timeframe while presenting a rosy picture for the development of rail related to Kutch.
Apart from refreshing the memories of his latest visit at Japan, he gave primary information about the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train
project.

At the end of the programme all the present office bearers and past presidents of GCCI felicitated Mr. Mittal with a memento.

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Football Festival on 15.4.2018 @ Gopalpuri Football Ground





































































GCCI organized a Football Coaching Camp on 15.04.2018 at DPT International Football Ground, Gopalpuri from 6.00 pm to 11.00


pm for children between age group of 10 to 17 years, which received a massive response and more than 250 children of this township

took part in this coaching camp enthusiastically.





At the outset, President Shri Babuhai Humbal greeted the Chief Guest Smt. Maltiben Maheshwari, MLA Gandhidham, Guest of

Honour Smt. Tulsi Sujan, President, Kachchh District Football Association, participants and their parents. Shri Humbal presented


bouquet to Hon’ble MLA Madam whereas Hon. Secretary Shri Murlidhar Jagani presented flowers to Smt. Sujan. In his speech,


Shri Humbal wished that children of this township will definitely play in the National Level Football Tournament in near future if


regular coaching arrangement is provided to these children. MLA Smt. Maltiben had appreciated remarkable social work done by

the GCCI for this township. The parents were impressed with the arrangements of this coaching camp and wished that GCCI will


organise coaching camps for different sports in future also. There were so much enthusiasm among the children & they desire to


extend this coaching camp even after 11.00 pm.




Past President Shri Dinesh Gupta, Members of Executive Committee Shri Aashish Joshi, Dhawal Acharya, Mahadev Rajani, Sanjay


Dave, Girdhar Vidhani and Tejas Sheth were present in this Coaching Camp. The whole programme was very well organised by

Hon. Jt. Secretary & Convener of this Camp Shri Sanjay Gandhi.


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Review Meeting with PGVCL’s Officials on 24.4.2018




























Our Chamber regularly interacts with PGVCL’s Officials to resolve various issues mainly related to power supply to the township

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and nearby industrial & commercial establishments. Recently, on 24 April, 2018 a review meeting was held with PGVCL’s

Officials @ Chamber Bhavan under the Chairmanship of Shri R D Meghani, Superintendent Engineer, PGVCL, Anjar. Office


Bearers of GCCI, PGVCL’s Sub-Committee members and other were also present in this meeting.




During the meeting, firstly PGVCL’s Officials briefed about ATR and present status related to the issues discussed in the last


meeting. Accordingly, briefing was given about the set-up of new Rambaug Sub-Divisional Office, ongoing efforts to locate


Rambaug Office at New Premises, progress of establishing new sub-station, collection of out-standing dues on installment basis

based on audit report, pending environment clearance for underground cabling work at Gandhidham – Adipur, pending cases of


deposit refund due to internal compliance. Other issues about power problem in Bhachau Area, non-attending power complain,


illegal power connection, delay in power connection to new hotels, no reply to RTI application, identity cards to be carried by meter


reader of out-source agency, tree cutting near power feeder, uses of insulated wire and frequent power interruption and voltage

fluctuation in Meghpar-Borichi Area where saw mills are operating were discussed.





At the end it was decided to have a separate meeting on 03.05.2018 with Kandla Timber Association @ Chamber Bhavan to resolve


their issues of power interruption and voltage fluctuation.







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Meeting with Kachchh Collector on 09 & 23 April, 2018





GCCI delegation headed by Hon. Secretary Shri Murlidhar Jagani, Treasurer Shri Jayesh Rajde and Past President Shri Dinesh


Gupta had attended a meeting of Industrial Executive Committee & Swift organised by District Industries Centre, Bhuj on


09.04.2018 under the Chairmanship Smt.Remya Mohan, Collector Kachchh at Collector Office, Bhuj.




The delegation first briefed about their representation to Revenue Minister regarding land issues of Gandhidham Township. Also


represented about land allocation to Airport Authority of India for expansion of Kandla Aerodrome, repairing of State Highway i.e.


Tagore Road connecting Gandhidham – Adipur, to start the construction of ROB at Railway Crossing near Rajvi, to organise a joint

meeting at Chamber Bhavan to resolve the problem of Surjabari & Samakhiyali Toll nakas, to expedite map approval by GDA and


explained GCDCR related objections, to extend the time limit by DPT for the construction on open plots due to current water crises


in Gujarat.




The ATR meeting was also organised on 23.04.2018 at Collector Office, Bhuj to review the above issues which was attended by


President, Shri Babubhai Humbal, Hon. Secretary Shri Murlidhar Jagani & Treasurer Shri Jayesh Rajde.






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WELCOME NEW MEMBERS



Sr. Member Name & Address of the Member Business Representative
No. No.
1 3156 BHAGWATI TIMBER STORE Timber Ishwar Chand Garg
Survey No.260/2, 94670 88877 Ashwani Kumar Garg
Ashapura Saw Mill, Mithi Rohar, 96874 71860
Gandhidham - Kachchh
bhagwatitimberstore@gmail.com
2 3157 SHREE RAM HANDLING Transportation Jayesh Devayat Myatra
Chetna Chamber, Office No,112, 76239 02902 Shamji Devayat Myatra
Plot No.38, Sector -9, Gandhidham - Kachchh 96876 04992
shreeram.salt@yahoo.in
3 3158 SHREERAM ENTERPRISE Salt Trading Hiren Jakhabhai Humbal
D B Z - S - 23, 2nd Floor, 98252 35902 Sumeet Jakhabhai
Ward 12 A, Gandhidham - Kachchh 97267 00000 Humbal
shreeram.salt@yahoo.in
4 3159 SHREE RAM CHEMICALS Salt Sumeet Jakhabhai
D B Z - S - 23, 2nd Floor, Manufacturer Humbal
Ward 12 A, Gandhidham - Kachchh 97267 00000 Vijay Naran Myatra
shreeram.salt@yahoo.in 98796 14992
5 3160 AMRITLAL DESAI & CO. Distribution Ankit B. Desai
Riddhi Siddhi Arcade, 12, Business Bharat C. Desai
Plot No.13, Sector - 8, 97122 41100
Tagore Road, Gandhidham - Kachchh 98252 25455
info@adcogroup.in
6 3161 DSR LOGISTICS Shipping & Sreekumar Nair
107, Rajkamal Arcade, Logistics Issackutty Samuel
1st Floor, Opp. B. M. Petrol Pump, 98252 26890
Gandhidham - Kachchh
dsrlogistics@gmail.com
7 3162 RAVECHI HANDLING Transportation Dinesh Kana Bakutra
Office No.105, Anam Comm. Centre, 97129 07645 Jaydeepsinh Jadeja
1st Floor, Plot No.37, Sector - 9 99790 79999
Gandhidham - Kachchh
shreeram.salt@yahoo.in
8 3163 URVASHI LOGISTICS Clearing & Alpaba Shaktisinh Zala
Plot No. 45, Shop 5, Forwarding Shaktisinh B. Zala
Maritime House, Gandhidham - Kachchh
urvashilogistics87@gmail.com 95374 95895
9 3164 SHIV SALT SUPPLIERS Export - Import Shambhu Bhikhalal
108, Anam Owners Association, & Trading Humbal
Plot No. 37, Sector - 9, 98256 61132
Gandhidham - Kachchh
shambhuhumbal@gmail.com
10 3165 TRANSGLOBE SHIPPING SERVICES Clearing & Chander Ram
208, 2nd Floor, Golden Point Bldg. Forwarding Prakash Joshi
Near Hotel Fun - N - Food, Sector - 8, 81559 44491
Gandhidham - Kachchh 98297 80003
transglobemundra@gmail.com
11 3166 LUCKYSTAR INTERNATIONAL PVT LTD Manufacturing Shirin M. Jain
Plot No. 336, 23 - 24 & 33 - 34, Unit
Sector - 1, Kandla Special Economic Zone, 9930 714111
Gandhidham - Kachchh
info@luckystarinternational.in
12 3167 SATGURU POLYFAB PVT. LTD. Manufacturing Sheetal M. Jain
Shed No.299, 300, 302 & 303, Unit
Sector-2, Kandla Special Economic Zone, 96191 90009
Gandhidham - Kachchh
satgurupoly@gmail.com
13 3168 SHREE AUM LOGISTICS Cargo Handling Kirti K. Bhinde
69, Kutch Arcade Titanium 98252 26855
S. No. 234/1, Mithi Rohar, Gandhidham - Kachchh
rthacker_55@yahoo.com
14 3169 RUTBA SHIPPING & LOGISTICS Shipping & Salim Nizamuddin Sayed
Office No.1, 1st Floor, Logistics
Plot No.358, Sector 1 A, Gandhidham - Kachchh 95372 81289
rutbashipping@gmail.com


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Sr. Member Name & Address of the Member Business Representative
No. No.
15 3170 SANGHAD SALT WORKS Salt Producing & Shambhu R. Myatra
Office No.31, Manali Tower, Trading Ravi D. Makwana
Plot No.110, Sector - 8, Gandhidham - Kachchh 99795 55788
sanghadsalt4151@gmail.com 76989 41903
16 3171 NAKODA TRADERS Trading Manish K. Jain
Shop No. C-124, Zhanda Chowk, [ Edible Oil ] Kesarimal S. Jain
Gandhidham - Kachchh 94269 03548
mkjain1981@gmail.com 94277 67447
17 3172 HARISH AND SONS Customs Broker & Sarika Ashish Lalka
Plot No.118, T - 2, Freight Forwarder Ashish Harish Lalka
Ward 3 A, Adipur - Kachchh 90993 33833
ashish@harishandsons.com 87583 88333



Important Representations


Date Represented to Subject
23.04.18 Shri Vijay Rupani, Chief Minister & Minister of Urban For status of Municipal Corporation to Gandhidham Nagarpalika
Development, Gandhinagar
18.04.18 SpiceJet Ltd., Haryana To tap potential of Kandla Aerodrome for air connectivity in the State
& Others of Gujarat
18.04.18 Dr. Urjit Patel, Governor, RBI, Mumbai Providing sufficient flow of cash in banking channels of Kachchh
& Others ` District
18.04.18 Smt. Neelam Rani, Regional Passport Officer, Ahmedabad Request to increase number of counters at Bhuj – Kachchh – Passport
Office
17.04.18 Shri Nitin Gadkari, Hon’ble minister of Road Transport, Non Co-operative attitude of Project Director, Project
Highways & Shipping, New Delhi Implementation Unit-Gandhidham, National Highways Authority of
& Others India, Adipur
12.04.18 Shri Nitinbhai Patel, Hon’ble Dy. Chief Minister, Gujarat Request to intervene in contraction of ROB at two places of Kachchh
District
11.04.18 Shri Kaushikbhai Patel, Hon’ble Revenue Minister, Gujarat Pending issues with respect to land acquisition for the expansion of
Kutch Aerodrome
11.04.18 Shri Narendrabhai Modi, Hon’ble Prime Minister of India Request for timely intervention to resolve hindrance in establishing
Shri Piyush Goyal, Hon'ble Minister of Railway, Delhi dual Rail track at the bridge between Maliya & Surajbari joining
Kachchh District in Gujarat State
11.04.18 Shri Suresh Prabhu, Hon'ble Minister for Civil Aviation Request for upgradation of basic amenities at Kandla Aerodrome
& others
09.04.18 Secretary DRUCC & Sr. DCM-ADI, Western Railway Suggestions and discussion on issues in next DRUCC meeting to be
held on 10.04.2018
05.04.18 The Sr. Divisional Commercial Manager & Request for the exemption of salt from the compliance under E-Way
The Chief Commercial Manager, Western Railway bill system






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SHORT NEWS




FAME India scheme extended till 30 September 2018 The 5 Mental Traits of Great Investors
The government has extended the financial support to electric and "90% of the game is half-mental", said famous baseballer Yogi
hybrid vehicles under the FAME India Scheme by another six Berra once, in his typically inimitable style. And while we can
months, the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises smile while reading it, there's no denying the underlying
issued a notification on Friday. READ MORE wisdom of this particular "Yogi-ism" - and the fact that the
amusing aphorism bears special significance to the game of
investing. READ MORE

UN body adopts climate change strategy for shipping CAI Takes Steps To Boost Cotton Exports
Nations meeting at the United Nations International Maritime Cotton Association of India (CAI) has initiated a slew of
Organization (IMO) in London have adopted an initial strategy on measures to boost cotton farming produce and growth across
the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from ships, setting out a the value chain to ensure export promotion of cotton. The
vision to reduce GHG emissions from international shipping and country is facing a dearth of export revenue owing to
phase them out, as soon as possible in this century. discounting of our product on lines of poor quality owing to
READ MORE mixing of moisture and contaminants with cotton and we should
put a stop to such practices, opined Atul S Ganatra, President
CAI. READ MORE

Companies may have to restructure salary packages of Why chances of India being named a currency
employees to reduce GST impact manipulator are slim
India Inc may have to start restructuring compensation packages or India made a surprising entry on the US Treasury’s currency
human resource benefits of their employees to ensure they don’t watch list last week, but it’s some way from being labelled a
face taxing times under the goods and services tax (GST). manipulator of the rupee. The Treasury cited India’s
Reimbursements on home rentals, telephone charges beyond a “significant” trade surplus with the US and increased purchases
certain limit, medical premiums for extra coverage, health check- of foreign currency last year as reasons for increased scrutiny of
ups, transportation, gym use, uniforms or even re-issue of identity the Asian economy. READ MORE
cards could face GST. READ MORE

Incentives for Startup India Cellular Operators Association of India asks Trai to fix
Government of India launched the ‘Startup India’ initiative on discrepancies in MySpeed app data
January 16, 2016 to build a strong eco-system for nurturing
innovation and entrepreneurship. This measure of the Government Telcos have questioned the validity of results thrown up by the
is helpingcreate large scale job opportunities across the sectors and Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s (TRAI) MySpeed
increase economic growth of the country. As part of this initiative, app, which measures mobile data speeds. They asked the
Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion has issued gazette regulator to review the findings and fix discrepancies so that the
notification No 364(E) dated 11 April, 2018 constituting a broad growing number of data consumers won’t get misled into
based Inter-Ministerial Board (IMB) to consider applications of making wrong choices while choosing their broadband service
Startups for claim of following incentives of the Income Tax Act providers.
1961. READ MORE READ MORE

Multiple taxes hitting logistics industry FIEO, PayPal join hands to simplify international trade

Multiple tax rates, which form an integral part of India’s goods and for Indian exporters and SMEs
services tax (GST) regime, have been causing problems for the The Federation of Indian Exports Organisation (FIEO) and
logistics industry, Maharashtra GST Commissioner Rajiv Jalota online payment system PayPal signed an MoU on Thursday to
said at an industry event. promote exports and leverage each other’s technology and
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Indian ports: Victims of inward vision? Here’s how Information Technology is making ports

It is well known that India’s domestic infrastructure is not up to more efficient
global standards. It is also common knowledge that its low quality Use of technology has begun reflecting in the performance of
infrastructure raises business costs and reduces global the logistics chain, with shipment, warehousing and cargo
competitiveness. consolidation witnessing improved dwell time over the last six
READ MORE months. Instrumental in this process has been the Logistics
Databank System (LDB). READ MORE





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Knowledge dikhaao, inaam paao!



Theme for this Month: Tourist Places in India


"Exciting Prizes to be won"



1 The famous Delwara Temples are situated in… 4 Which of the following tourist attractions would you
NOT see in New Delhi?
a. Uttar Pradesh
b. Rajasthan a. Red Fort
c. Maharashtra b. Connaught Place
d. Gujarat c. Hawa Mahal
d. Jantar Mantar
2 Which place in India is known as “Mini 5 Which state in India is popularly known as “God’s
Switzerland”? Own Country”?

a. Khajjiar a. Assam
b. Shimla b. Kerala
c. Manali c. Meghalaya
d. Munnar d. Jammu & Kashmir

3 The famous Rock Garden is located in which Indian City?

a. Jaipur
b. Lucknow
c. Ahmedabad
d. Chandigarh




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