Home Minister Shri Patil Meets Unorganized Street Hawkers

June 16, 2008 in 2008, ASEAN, BJP, acorn, advertising, africa, agra, airtel, ambala, america, american, amul, anand, annual, asian, assocham, association, bangalore, banks, bengal, bhopal, अजमेर, इलाहाबाद, किराना, जनवाद, व्यापार, व्यापारी, सब्ज़ी
Tags: american, bharat, BJP, burgers, coffee, cola, congress, dairy, democratic, doha, drinks, european, fdi, grocery, hawkers, independent, investment, janvad, kirana, open, stree, swadeshi, swatantra, vendors, vyavsyi, WTO

Hawkers’ leaders from around the country met with the Home Minister for Livelihood Protection and Regulation of Street Vending Bill
Hawkers leaders from around the country met the Home Minister, Mr. Shivraj Patil, who has been made the Chairman of Empowered Group of Ministers to draft Livelihood Protection and Regulation of Street Vending Bill and discussed [...]

Thousands protest to oppose Bharti Walmart Retail Entry strategy

December 29, 2007 in 2007, 2008, DYFI, ICICI, ICRER, SEZ, UP, acorn, advertising, airtel, ambala, analysis, anand, artisans, assocham, aurangabad, bajaj, bangalore, banker, bankers, banks, baroda, bharti, bhopal, big, birla, brand, branded, business, carrefour, carry, cash, caution, cautios, chain, challenges, chandigarh, chembur, chennai, class, cochin, commerce, communist, consultation, cooperative, cooperatives, corporate, corruption, dairy, delhi, democracy, democratic, dignity, economy, employment, environment, europe, european, executive, expansion, fdiwatch, festival, ficci, financial, food, foreign, fresh, fruits, gandhinagar, giant, gold, group, gujarat, hawkers, hubli, india, indiafdiwatch, indian, industry, investments, jaipur, jalgaon, janvad, karnataka, kiran, kirana, kolkata, kurien, labels, labour, large, lifestyle, lucknow, ludhiana, maharashtra, mallya, marxist, media, medium, meerut, milk, minister, mobile, mumbai, mysore, nagpur, navi, new delhi, niti, ornaments, outlets, paper, planning, plans, policy, president, press, processing, pune, punjab, rajasthan, reliance, retail, review, risk, risky, sahay, samachar, scooter, shop, shopping, shops, small, social, states, strategy, students, subscribers, sun, supply, tata, tatas, tesco, threats, towns, traders, troubles, unemployment, unrest, vadodara, varanasi, vegetables, vendors, vyapar, walmart, weekly, wholesale
Tags: agra, association, bhopal, chains, corporate, dairy, fresh, ghaziabad, hawkers, kirana, meerut, milk, noida, organized, reliance, resistance, retail, traders, unity

Thousands protested to oppose the Bharti-Walmart Joint Venture

On the heels of the announcement of the Bharti-Walmart joint venture, thousands of traders, hawkers, farmers and workers protested across India. Protesters also included a group of American students who demanded that Wal-Mart not be allowed into India. Mass-based organizations called on the Prime Minister and Sonia Gandhi [...]