Annual Report for the Year 2019-20
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MERCHANTS’ CHAMBER OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (Established in 1901) REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE FOR THE YEAR 2019-2020 15B Hemanta Basu Sarani, Kolkata 700001 Tel: 91 33 2248 1502 /6329/ 3123, 2262 5070(5 lines) FAX: 91 33 2248 8657 Email: [email protected] | Website: www.mcciorg.com MERCHANTS’ CHAMBER OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY 15B, Hemanta Basu Sarani, Kolkata 700001 Dated: 20 July 2020 To ALL MEMBERS Dear Members, The Committee has great pleasure in presenting to you the report of activities for the year ending on 31 March 2020 in terms of Articles 34 (C) of the Constitution. The Audited Statement of Accounts and Balance Sheet for the year are also enclosed. Yours faithfully, Vivek Gupta President Aakash Shah Senior Vice President Rishabh C Kothari Vice President Arun Kumar Dalmia Honorary Secretary Bharat Agarwal Treasurer CONTENTS Page No. 1. Members of the Committee for the year 2019–2020...................................................................7 2. 118th Annual General Meeting ..............................................................................................................10 3. Interactive Sessions/Symposia/Workshops ...................................................................................20 4. MCCI Ladies Forum ................................................................................................................................. 78 5. Other Important Events ...........................................................................................................................82 6. Press Communique ....................................................................................................................................86 7. Representations / Memoranda .............................................................................................................91 8. Working of MCCI Councils .....................................................................................................................98 9. Other Activities of the Chamber .........................................................................................................100 10. Past Trustees / Advisory Council / MCC Foundation / Councils .........................................101 11. Affiliations .....................................................................................................................................................113 12. Representatives of MCCI on Public Bodies ................................................................................... 114 13. Meetings held during the year ...........................................................................................................115 14. Past Presidents .........................................................................................................................................120 ***************** Merchants’ Chamber of Commerce & Industry MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE FOR THE YEAR 2019–2020 Office Bearers President : Shri Vivek Gupta Senior Vice President : Shri Aakash Shah Vice President : Shri Rishabh C Kothari Hony. Secretary : Shri Arun Kumar Dalmia Treasurer : Shri Bharat Agarwal Trustees Shri A.R. Sonthalia Shri B.K. Jhajharia Shri Radhe Shyam Agarwal Shri Shrawan Kumar Todi Past Presidents Shri M. C. Shah Shri Amitav Kothari Shri Arun Kumar Churiwal Shri Suresh Jhunjhunwala Shri Sheo Shankar Bagaria Shri Birendra Agarwal Shri Ajay Kajaria Shri S K Dhandhania Shri Sunil Kanoria Shri Kunj Behari Agarwala Shri Aditya V. Agarwal Shri Santosh Kumar Saraf Shri Atul Churiwal Shri Anupam Shah Shri Shyam Sunder Beriwala Shri Deepak Jalan Shri Sanjay Agarwal Shri Arun Kumar Saraf Shri Manish Goenka Shri Hemant Bangur Shri Ramesh Agarwal Shri Vishal Jhajharia Annual Report 2019-20 7 Merchants’ Chamber of Commerce & Industry MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE Shri Arun Kumar Agarwal Shri Bhagwandas Agarwal Shri Bijay Gujarwasia Agarwal Shri Brij Bhushan Agarwal Shri Deepak Kumar Agarwal Shri Mahesh Kumar Agarwal Shri Mahendra Kumar Agarwal Shri Manish Agarwal Shri Mayank Agarwal Shri Naresh Kumar Agarwal Shri Ravi Agarwal Shri Shyam Lal Agarwal Shri Suresh Agarwal Shri Brahmanand Agarwala Shri Arvind Agrawal Shri Subodh Kumar Agrawal Shri Abhishek Bagaria Shri Pulkit Baid Shri Santosh Bajaj Shri Namit Bajoria Shri Devesh Bansal Shri Sunil Bansal Shri Tushar Basu Shri Lalit Beriwala Shri Vishnu Kumar Bhandari Shri Rajiv Bhartia Smt. Mamta Binani Shri Srinjoy Bose Shri H P Budhia Shri Ravindra Chamaria Shri Sudeep Chitlangia Shri Kamal Kumar Dugar Shri Tulsi Kumar Dugar Shri Devendra Goel Shri Amit Goenka Shri Girdhari Lal Goenka Shri R.S. Goenka Shri Manish Gourisaria Shri Kailash Chand Goyal Shri Arun Kumar Jagatramka Shri Chandra Kumar Jain Shri Ravi Jain Shri Sanjay Jain Shri Sanjay Kumar Jain Shri Munish Jhajharia Shri Radhey Shyam Jhawar Shri Anirudh Jhunjhunwala Shri Nirmal Kaushik 8 Annual Report 2019-20 Merchants’ Chamber of Commerce & Industry Shri Bimal Kumar Kejriwal Shri Mahesh Chandra Keyal Shri Surendra Keyal Shri Rajendra Khandelwal Shri Sharad Kumar Khaitan Shri Manaswy Kothari Shri Sanjib Kumar Kothari Shri Smarajit Mitra Shri Banwari Lal Mittal Shri Rajesh Mittal Shri Pawan Kumar Patodia Shri Sanjib Kumar Patwari Shri Lavesh Poddar Shri Pawan Kumar Rajgaria Shri Sanjay Rasiwasia Shri Rahul Saraf Shri Avinash Sawalka Shri Vicky Raj Sikaria Shri Taranjit Singh Shri Pradeep Kumar Singhania Shri Rohit Singhania Shri Akhil Sonthalia Shri Jyoti Vardhan Sonthalia Smt. Priti Sureka Shri Ashok Kumar Todi Shri Pradip Kumar Todi Shri Adarsh Tulshan Shri Aditya Vikram Birla Shri Srivatsa Kajaria SECRETARIAT Director General : Shri Souvik Banerjee Deputy Director General : Shri M.C. Das Deputy Director General : Shri S. Roy Asst. Director General : Smt. Munmun Banerjee Asst. Director General : Shri Sushantjit Dey Deputy Secretary : Shri Rajiv Mukerji Deputy Secretary : Shri Avishek Mukherjee Assistant Secretary : Shri Arijit Dey *************** Annual Report 2019-20 9 Merchants’ Chamber of Commerce & Industry 118th ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING on 30 December 2019 at MCCI Conference Hall Shri Bharat Agarwal, Honorary Secretary & reach–out programmes at Durgapur, Haldia and welcomed all the members present to the 118th Medinipur. He also discussed about his ‘unfinished Annual General Meeting of the Chamber. He agenda’ and suggested that the new Committee requested Shri Vishal Jhajharia, President to take the Chair in terms of Article 16(a) of the Articles of may consider opening up an office in New Delhi and Association of the Chamber. harness the geographical advantages in countries The Chairman thanked the Honorary Secretary like Nepal, Bhutan and adjoining states like Bihar, and greeted all the members present including Jharkhand, Orissa and others. the Past Presidents with a warm welcome. Since Shri Vishal Jhajharia sincerely and gratefully the requisite quorum was present he declared the acknowledged the unstinted support and wise meeting open. He also extended a cordial welcome to the authorized representative of the statutory counsel provided by the Trustees, Past Presidents, Auditors, M/s K. Prasad & Co. Members of the Committee, Chairmen and Co- Chairmen of Standing Committees. He appreciated The Chairman outlined the activities of the Chamber of Commerce during the year, with special the dedication and hard work put in by the reference to the Meetings with several Dignitaries. Secretariat to make all programmes and activities He said that the indomitable spirit and quest to fruitful and visible. build an institution to safeguard the interests of the indigenous business community led to the birth AGENDA OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of a Baishya Sabha, with the changing times now The Hony. Secretary read out the Notice it stands as Merchants’ Chamber of Commerce & dated 12th December, 2019 convening the AGM. Industry, standing strong with great ballast and The Chairman put forth the following resolutions: resilience as one of the leading and front-ranking Chamber of commerce and industry in the region. ORDINARY BUSINESS Built on Trust, the Chamber has always been RESOLUTION No. 1 : APPROVAL AND ADOPTION committed to the maximisation of three fundamental OF ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE : goals: better service to members, greater visibility To receive, consider and adopt the Report of and wider reach. He said that an institution is the Committee for the year 2018–19. larger than an individual and that ethos should be maintained. “RESOLVED THAT the Report of the Committee The Chairman made a special mention of for the year 2018–19 be hereby adopted.” programmes with the Central and State Ministers, Proposed by : Shri Suresh Jhunjhunwala Departmental Secretaries, India Economic Forum, Seconded by : Shri Santosh K Saraf other sectoral programmes like Retail, Fintech, Insurance, Energy, Agri Exports, Education etc., The Resolution was put to vote and carried programmes of MLF as also of MSME Help Desk unanimously. 10 Annual Report 2019-20 Merchants’ Chamber of Commerce & Industry RESOLUTION No. 2 : APPROVAL AND ADOPTION hold office from the conclusion of the 118th AGM to OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE CHAMBER. the conclusion of the 119th AGM be and is hereby ratified and that the Committee be and is hereby To receive and consider the audited Balance authorised to fix such remuneration in consultation Sheet and Statement of Income & Expenditure with the said Auditors.” Account of the Chamber for the year ending 31st March, 2019 along with the Report of the Auditor “RESOLVED FURTHER THAT the honorarium and adopt the