Now Dimapur businesses threaten business shutdown over ULB representation

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• “However, if the government fails to act upon its assurance within the stipulated timeline, then the DCCI will be left with no other options but to resort to an indefinite voluntary shutter down of businesses in Dimapur,” it stated.
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• The DCCI also questioned why the state government is giving Dimapur a “stepmotherly treatment” despite it being the commercial hub of Nagaland and the largest revenue generator.
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• Highlighting problems faced by the business community in Dimapur and other districts, the DCCI also underscored the need for nominee representation to address such problems in the interest of the business community and the public at large.
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• According to the trade body, nominee representation can address crucial issues, including trade licence fee escalation without understanding the nature of business and volumes, sanitation fees and the imposition of a "variety of fees despite getting a trade licence, which is illogical.”
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• It will also check the imposition of a lease on items like mineral water, potatoes, tomatoes, dry fish, etc., and the accompanying price rise which affects consumers and directly impacts the livelihoods of local farmers and businesses of Naga entrepreneurs.
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• The DCCI further maintained that representation of the business community in the ULBs can curb activities such as selling items by ULBs like Christmas stars, dustbins and fire extinguishers.
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• “The role of the ULBs is to govern locally and regulate and not become business enterprises,” it asserted.
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• “The public also needs to understand why the business community’s representation in the ULBs is not only in the interest of the business community but also for safeguarding the interests of consumers, as every individual is a consumer at the end of the day,” it added.