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Greetings from GCCI! At the outset, I wish a very HAPPY NEW YEAR - 2018. I wish you to write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year. Let the months and days of the New Year be full of happiness, smiles & hopes. After the Assembly Election, new government has become operative in Gujarat under leadership of Shri Vijaybhai Rupani as Chief Minister. The people of the state are now hopeful of further development of the state & wish the new government will meet the expectation of the people at large. It is Good News for the people of Kachchh as Shri Vasanbhai Ahir is inducted in new cabinet of Gujarat. The short – term impact of recent structural reforms of demonetisation and GST roll-out appears to be reducing as GDP rose 6.3% in the July - September period reversing a five-quarter slide and setting itself on revival. It seems India will see a higher growth trajectory soon. India has to seize the initiative to grow even faster. The long awaited mid-term review of Foreign Trade Policy 2015-20 was released by the government. The policy focuses on expanding market, alignment with GST, data analysis backed policy intervention and trade facilitation with specific emphasis on MSME and labour intensive sectors. Now, business fraternity eagerly await forth-coming revenue budgets of Central and State Government which will help them to carve their road-map for new business opportunities and development. We would like feedback / comments from our members to enable us to improve the contents of E-News Letter.

Babubhai B. Humbal

Babubhai Humbal President – GCCI

Nandalal 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

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PRESIDENT’S DESK

Issue 21

Date 04.01.2018 A Monthly Newsletter

Estd 1953

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Congratulations

Shri Vasanbhai Ahir Hon’ble Minister of State

& MLA – Anjar

Dr. Nimaben Aachrya Hon’ble MLA – Bhuj

Mrs. Maltiben Maheshwari Hon’ble MLA – Gandhidham

Mrs. Santokben Aarethiya Hon’ble MLA – Rapar

Shri Virendrasinh Jadeja Hon’ble MLA – Mandvi

Shri Pradyumansinh Jadeja Hon’ble MLA – Abdasa

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GCCI’s Delegation Visited on 01st Jan at Gandhinagar

Hon’ble Chief Minister Shri Vijaybhai Rupani Hon’ble Dy. Chief Minister Shri Nitinbhai Patel

Hon’ble Minister Shri Saurabhbhai Patel Hon’ble Minister Shri Bhupendrasinh Chudasama Hon’ble Minister Shri Kaushikbhai Patel

Hon’ble Minister Shri Ranchhodbhai Phaldu

Hon’ble Minister Shri Vasanbhai Ahir Hon’ble Minister Shri Kishorbhai Kanani

Hon’ble Minister Shri Pradeepsinh Jadeja Hon’ble Minister Shri Jaydrathsinh Parmar

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Events @ GCCI

Recorded speech of Shri Jay Vasavada

GCCI organised a motivation speech of Mr. Jay Vasavada on “New Generation & Future of India” on 14th December at Chamber Bhavan. At the beginning, Hon. Secretary Mr. Murlidhar Jagani introduced the speaker and President Mr. Babubhai Humbal greeted Mr. Vasavada by flowers.

Mr. Vasavada started his inspirational speech highlighting various qualities of new generation to launch new adventure by adopting required changes. This change can make our country a great country among leading countries of the world. He reminded that it is society’s duty to show right direction to upcoming generation. He explained the role and resultant changed situation by quoting examples of Lord Rama, Krishna & many other people of contemporary society. He analyzed the contemporary change in the Gujarati Film Industry which is the result of new generation’s RTI (READ, THINK & INNOVATE). New generation has to understand the importance of labour and should strive hard with patience to grab the opportunity which will lead to success. New generation has to come out from comfort zone to embrace the success. They have to develop capacity and identity to invest time & energy in changed scenario. While defining youth, he advised not to link it with age and appearance but to link it with mind & performance. He also advised the youth to discourage back seat driving, develop team building, avoid ego, expand your horizon and change the mentality to achieve new heights of success. To develop India, support & develop all and don’t limit the same to you only. He expressed his full trust and faith in the capacity of new generation of India who has ability to explore bio-diversity and its uniqueness for the further development of India.

Number of prominent & distinguished persons of township like Shri Mavjibhai Sorathiya, Shri Momayabhai Gadhvi, etc., persons from various organizations & the enlightened audience enjoyed this rhetorical speech. The President Mr. Babubhai Humbal, Vice President Mr. Nandlal Goyal, Hon. Secretary Mr. Muralidhar Jagani, Hon. Jt. Secretary Mr. Sanjay Gandhi, Treasurer Mr. Jayesh Rajde, Former Presidents Mr. Bachubhai Ahir & Mr. Parasmal Nahata, Members of Managing Committee Mr. Mohan Goyal, Mr. Anil Jain, Mr. Kamlesh Ramchandani, Mr. Tinu Gandhi, Mr. Sanjay Dave, Mr. Dinesh Goyal, Mr. Hemchandra Yadav, Shri Mukesh Parekh and Mr. Rajendra Agarwal presented a memento to Mr. Jay Vasavda. In the end, Mr. Muralidhar Jaganni thanked Mr. Vasavada & the audience.

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Winners Christmas Quiz

1st Prize : Mr. Thomas

2nd Prize : Ms. Preeti Gulati

3rd Prize : Mr. Bhavesh Thakkar

Prize Sponsored by : C. L. SHARMA RESORTS (P) LTD.

Answers of Christmas Quiz Ans-1. (b) 25th December Ans-2. (d) Santa Claus Ans-3. (a) Rudolph

Ans-4. (c) St. Nicholas Ans-5. (d) Carols

Delegation visit to G M – W R

Shri A K Gupta, General Manger, Western Railway visited Gandhidham Railway Station for annual inspection. A delegation of our Chamber headed by President, Shri Babubhai Humbal, Past President Shri Parasmal Nahata & Shri Bachubhai Ahir, Hon Jt. Secretary Shri Sanjay Gandhi paid a courtesy call and submitted a memorandum of issues related to railway operation at Kachchh District. The memorandum highlighted the issues like sufficient drinking facilities of water for passengers at Gandhidham, Adipur, Shamkhiyali & Bhachau, develop system for disposal of accumulation of rainy water at Gandhidham Rly. Station. Upgrade the facilities at Adipur Rly. Station. Increase platform length at Gandhidham, Bhachau & Anjar, installed and operationalised lift & escalator facility at Gandhidham Rly. Station as soon as possible, introduce new train for Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Vadodara / Surat & North India also request for re-scheduling some trains for better connectivity of other trains. The General Manger patiently heard verbal representation also and expressed and positive indication to address and resolve the issues in coming days.

Delegation visit to Chairman - DPT

A high level delegation headed by President Shri Babubhai Humbal met Shri Ravi Parmar, Chirman, DPT on 29.12.2017 and submitted a written representation for the consideration of various land issues of Gandhidham Township. Chairman of DPT gave passions hearing to the delegations and indicated that DPT administration is awaiting direction from Shipping Ministry in this regard. Our Chamber submitted a fresh reorientation in writing further to the meeting so that DPT can take up once again with Shipping Ministry.

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Important Representations

Date Represented to Subject

06.12.17 Project Director - PIU National Highways Authority of India, Adipur

Urgent need to repair the Service Road

07.12.17 Smt. Remya Mohan, Collector – Kachchh Presentation of questions related to hotel owners of Kutch 11.12.17 Shri Nitin Gadkari, Minister of Road, Transport

Highway & Shipping And Others Request for re-consideration of the move by Deendayal Port Trust to get vacant possession of lease land allotted to social and religious organisation

13.12.17 Shri Arun Jaitley, Minister of Finance & Shri Suresh Prabhu, Minister of Commerce & Industry

Suggestions for SEZ operation in light of the forthcoming budget

13.12.17 Shri H R Suthar, M D. PGVCL, Rajkot Problem of frequent power cut in Gandhidham Township and GDC area

15.12.17 Shri Shaileshbhai Patwari President, Gujarat Chamber of Commerce

Proposal for the coming Revenue Budget 2018-19 of Central Government

15.12.17 Chief Minister, Gujrat State and Minister of State for Law & Justice, Gujarat

About starting a commercial court for more than 1 crore in Gandhidham

16.12.17 Shri Shaileshbhai Patwari President, Gujarat Chamber of Commerce

Suggestion for the proposed "New Industrial Policy"

20.12.17 General Manager, Western Railway, CAMP: Gandhidham

Memorandum of various issues related to Railway Operation at Kachchh district

26.12.17 Capt. G R Gopinath, Founder Chairman, Air Deccan,

Request to start Kandla – Mumbai – Kandla air flight under UDAN scheme

Angela Wang How China is changing the future of shopping

David Brenner A new weapon in the

fight against superbugs

Heather Lanier "Good" and "bad" are

incomplete stories we tell ourselves

Public Notice No. 64-Valuation of second hand machinery -reg

Public Notice No. 63- Procedure for obtaining Self Sealing Permission for Electronic Sealing of Containerized cargo at factory or warehouse premises – reg

Public Notice No. 62- Refund / Claim of Countervailing duty as Duty Drawback – reg

Customs procedure for export of cargo in containers and closed bodied trucks from ICDs/CFSs through Land Customs Stations (LCSs)

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SHORT NEWS

Robot Doctors What will you prefer if you have to choose between a medical doctor and a robot with artificial intelligence (AI) to examine, diagnose and prescribe medicines and treatment? Will you allow the robot to carry out surgery on you? READ MORE

When port ‘trusts’ turn ‘authorities’, berths will have to be privatised

A plan to convert 11 of the 12 ports owned by the Central government and run as ‘trusts’ into ‘authorities’, will entail large-scale privatisation of cargo berths/terminals operated by the State itself. READ MORE

Adani, JM Baxi and JSW Infra in race for Chabahar port deal

Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (APSEZ), JM Baxi Group and JSW Infrastructure Ltd have been short-listed on a tender floated by India Ports Global Ltd to manage, operate and maintain (MOM) the container and multi-purpose terminals at Chabahar port in Iran, which was partly opened a few days ago. India Ports Global, a 60:40 joint venture between Jawaharlal Port Trust and Deendayal Port Trust (previously Kandla Port Trust), was set up by the government to make strategic investments in overseas ports.

READ MORE

Droom partners with Mahindra, others for electric vehicles

Online automobile e-commerce platform Droom has partnered with players like Mahindra and Hero Electric to bring electric vehicles on its platform, a top company official said. The electric scooters (available on the Droom platform) are priced between Rs 20,000-42,400, while the electric cars are priced in the range of Rs 8-13 lakh. Other partner brands include Okinawa Scooters and Yobykes. "The launch of this category is in line with the Indian government's focus on electric vehicles, keeping in mind their environmental benefits, contribution in reducing the economy's spends and their long-term cost effectiveness," Droom founder and CEO Sandeep Aggarwal told.

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India will soon have 150 to 200 operational airports: Jayant Sinha

More than 150 more operational airports would come up across India in coming few years including three airports in J&K, promised union minister Jayant Sinha, during his visit to Srinagar. The Aviation industry in India, Sinha said would soon be one of the biggest sectors in India, and it is already fetching revenue almost equal to Indian Railways and Telecom Industry. READ MORE

Motherson to bring PKC's electric bus & truck technology to serve Indian customer

Auto component major Motherson Sumi Systems (MSSL) is planning to bring PKC’s electric bus and truck technology to serve its Indian customer. Recently in an exclusive interview with ETAuto, Vivek Chaand Seghal, chairman, Motherson Sumi Group, said, “With help of PKC, which we acquired this year, will bringing electric technology for commercial vehicles soon.”

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2018 seen tough for cargo shipping as overcapacity threat heightens

With more than 220 cargo ships scheduled for delivery in 2018, realisations of container shipping lines across the globe are expected to come under pressure next year because of oversupply.

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Ease of doing business in India: Logistics has a major role to play

India is the fourth-fastest growing major economy in the world, with an expected growth rate of above 7% in the current fiscal year, owing to rising exports and increasing government spending—according to the latest edition of the Global Economic Prospects report of the World Bank. India also made it to the top 100 rankings in the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business index recently. READ MORE

Commerce Ministry mulls refund for exporters via single window

The Commerce Ministry is looking at ways in which the coming Budget can provide further relief to exporters under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime. It is discussing with the Finance Ministry the possibility of giving all tax refunds to small exporters via a single window, as also exempting exporters from paying IGST (Integrated GST) on inputs, as is done in many other parts of the world, including Europe, a government official told. READ MORE

Setting up of Inland Container Depots Proposals for setting up of Inland Container Depots (ICDs) which are considered as Dry Ports, Container Freight Stations (CFSs) and Air Freight Stations (AFSs) are received from central and state Government PSUs and private developers from time to time. An Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) is functioning under the aegis of Department of Commerce since 1992 for giving single window clearance to these agencies for setting up of ICDs/CFSs in India. READ MORE

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WELCOME NEW MEMBERS

Sr. No.

Member No.

Name & Address of the Member Business Representative

1 3132 KANDLA INTERNATIONAL CONTAINER TERMINAL PVT. LTD. 301-306, Plot No. 38, Chetna Chamber, Sector 9, Gandhidham - Kachchh amardeep@ict.in

Shipping 98252 27478 95120 44600

Amardeep Singh Parmar Debiprasad Ghosh

2 3133 SATYA ENTERPRISES Office No.11, Gr. Floor, Sai Commercial Complex, Plot No.16, Ward 12 B, Gandhidham - Kachchh satyalogisitcskandla@gmail.com

Transportation 98987 77769 78747 77769

Kunvar Roshanlal Yadav Nawneet Kumar Yadav

3 3134 SATYA LOGISTICS Office No.12, Gr. Floor, Sai Commercial Complex, Plot No.16, Ward 12 B, Gandhidham - Kachchh satyalogisitcskandla@gmail.com

Transportation 98987 77769 78747 77769

Nawneet Kumar Yadav Kunvar Roshanlal Yadav

4 3135 NAKODA BHAIRAV INDUSTRIES Plot No.1 & 2, Survey No.219 / 16, Village Chudva, Gandhidham - Kachchh nakodabhairavind@gmail.com

Timber, Veneer, Plywood, Block Board Flush Door 98250 41404 97279 29604

Jitendra Mehta Dinesh Mehta

5 3136 ARS CLEARING & FORWARDING LLP Plot No.11, Survey No.42, Aspl House, Meghpar Borichi, Anjar - Kachchh account@arsindia.org.in

Custom House Agent Vinay Dinanath Tripathi Rama Vinay Tripathi

6 3137 MAYANK ENTERPRISE Office No.7, Ground Floor, Plot No.46, Sector - 8, Gandhidham - Kachchh mayankenterprise786@gmail.com

Shipping 98794 80764 98794 80764

Divyaben C. Maheshwari Champaklal Kanji Maheshwari

7 3138 JAYANT LOGISTICS PVT. LTD. Plot No.11, Survey No.42, A S P L House, Meghpar Borichi, Anjar - Kachchh vinay.tripathi@jlplindia.org

C H A Vinay Dinananth Tripathi Prashant Mukesh Patel

8 3139 H. C. MANIAR & CO. 10-11, Nilesh Park Complex, Plot No.80, Sector - 8, Tagore Road, Gandhidham - Kachchh hardik.maniar@gmail.com

Professional ( C A ) 91738 71522 99092 30043

Hardik C. Maniar Kapil N. Raval

9 3140 CARGOTRANS MARITIME PVT. LTD. Shyam Paragon, 1st & 2nd Floor, D B Z - S - 61 A, Nr. Rotary Bhavan, Gandhidham - Kachchh info@cargotrans.in

Clearing & Forwarding 90999 27013 90999 27013

Edwin Alexandar Manju Mathunni Tharakan

10 3141 LORDS LOGISTICS & ALLIED SERVICES Office No. 205, Plot No.110, Sector-8, Manali Tower, Gandhidham - Kachchh lordslogistics4u@gmail.com

Freight Forwarding 84015 98043 98795 77158

Job. C. John John C. John

11 3142 PA SEA IMPEX 211, 2nd Floor, Ratnakala Arcade, Adani Port Road, Mundra - Kachchh yuvam.paseaimpex@gmail.com

Clearing & Forwarding

S. Parthiban D. Srihari

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Knowledge dikhaao, inaam paao!

Theme for this Month: Indian Festivals

"Exciting Prizes to be won"

1. The festival of Makkar Sankranti is also known by which popular name? a. Diwali b. Easter c. Bhai Beej d. Uttarayan

2. During the festival of Pongal, the newly reaped “Pongal” or rice is offered to which god?

a. Moon God b. Sun God c. Water God d. Wind God

3. Which goddess is worshiped during the festival of Vasant Panchami?

a. Lakshmi b. Durga c. Saraswati d. Parvati

4. Which document came into effect on the Republic Day, 26th January 1950?

a. Constitution of India b. Government of India Act c. The Declaration of Independence d. Indian Penal Code

5. Who was the “State Guest of Honour” during the 2017 Republic Day Celebrations in India?

a. President Barack Obama b. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe c. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan d. President François Hollande

For Rules & Regulations

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GCCI Quiz Knowledge dikhaao, inaam paao!

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received after the publication of bulletin will be given the 1st prize; the second correct entry received will be given the 2nd prize and the third correct entry received shall be given the 3rd prize. The “time-stamp” shown in email shall be considered as proof for determining which entry came first.

10. In case of any dispute, the decision taken by the Convener of Bulletin Sub-Committee shall be final. 11. The members of the Managing Committee & Bulletin Sub-Committee of GCCI or their relatives

shall not be eligible to participate in this quiz. 12. Correct answers along with the names of the three winners shall be declared in the next issue of

GCCI Bulletin. 13. Winners have to approach the GCCI office to claim their prizes within five working days of

declaration of the results. 14. No cash shall be given in lieu of the prizes.

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