Kejriwal Government will organise a ‘Wholesale Shopping Festival’ for Delhi’s wholesale markets, will help wholesalers to expand their business across the country- Dy CM Manish Sisodia
Delhi’s wholesale markets are major contributor in capital’s economy, events like Delhi Wholesale Shopping Festival will boost business and employment opportunities in the capital – Dy CM Manish Sisodia
NEW DELHI
The Kejriwal Government will organise a “Wholesale Shopping Festival” for iconic wholesale markets of Delhi to give them a new identity across the world. In this direction, the first round of stakeholder consultations was held on Monday. The consultation was chaired by Deputy Chief Minister Shri Manish Sisodia.
While addressing the stakeholders from all across the national capital, Shri Manish Sisodia said, “This is a unique feature of Delhi that it has wholesale markets for almost everything including textiles, electronics, spices, and books etc. Our aim is to promote the business of these wholesale markets and increase employment opportunities in these markets.” It is noteworthy that this was the first meeting with the representatives of the wholesale market in which 30 people from the wholesale market association gave their suggestions.
The Deputy Chief Minister said that the wholesale markets of Delhi are a major contributor in Delhi’s economy and are a brand in itself. People from all across the world crave to come here and shop at these markets. To take them within reach of their consumers across the world and boost their businesses the Kejriwal Government will organize “Delhi Wholesale Shopping Festival” and help them do the marketing and branding of their businesses.
Shri Manish Sisodia said, “In the age of e-commerce, these markets have suffered great losses and they need to be revamped with a new vision that will uplift them and boost their income. During the implementation phase of the project, the Kejriwal government also plans to provide training to the workers in the markets along with infrastructural development.”
It is to be noted that this was the first round of discussion with the representatives of the wholesale markets, where representatives of various wholesale market associations gave suggestions related to the upliftment of their markets. The working team will review these suggestions and work out an action plan.
Paramjeet Singh Pamma, Chairman Federation of Sadar Bazar Trades Association (FESTA) thanked the Deputy CM and appreciated the unique initiative of the government. He promised full support from his market and suggested the wholesale shopping festival to be extended to the night timings as well.
Leaders from Khari Baoli market association also thanked the government for its remarkable efforts and out of box thinking for promoting the trade in Delhi. They suggested the wholesale shopping festival be done based on the product category.