CHENNAI: More than 5,000 traders from Tamil Nadu will take part in a national rally as well as conference organised by Confederation of All India Traders at the national capital on December 18.
Adressing a press conference here national vice president of CAIT and Tamilnadu Vanigar Sangankalin Peramaippu state president Vikram Raja, CAIT national chairman Mahendra Shah, national president B C Bhartia and secretary general Praveen Khandelwal also stressed on the need to regulate online trading of essential commodities besides a single goods and service tax.
They also said that CAIT opposes Food Safety and Standards Act besides demanded a creation of a financial body to help traders get loans.
“While the corporate are being extended loan by banks, why the traders are being given step-motherly treatment,” said general secretary of Vanigar Sangankalin Peramaippu Mohan said.
“We have demanded a separate bank for unorganised trade which should grant loans to the sector,” he said.
During the national rally, Union ministers and various trade bodies and organisations are likely to take part, he added.