Ahmedabad: Sandeep Engineer, the managing director of Astral Ltd, assumed the presidency of the Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) for the term 2024-25 on Saturday. Rajesh Gandhi, MD of Vadilal Industries Ltd, was appointed as the new senior vice-president, and Apurva Shah has taken on the role of vice-president. The members were elected unopposed, and the new team assumed office on Saturday. Sandeep Engineer outlined the objectives for the upcoming year, emphasizing represent...Read More

Ahmedabad: Speaking at the Gujarat University Convention Centre here in inaugural function of 'Farm to Fashion Global Textile Summit 2018' presented by Reliance (RIL) and organized by Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industries(GCCI), Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani stressed for need to have sufficient textile weaving units in Gujarat to complete the entire value chain of textile. Rupani said, the government announced a policy to encourage more spinning units in Gujarat but for weaving, t...Read More

Ahmedabad: A 17 member business delegation of Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) led by Senior Vice President Dr Jaimin Vasa will be on an eight days trip to Japan from April 8 to 15 to promote the two way trade between Gujarat/India and Japan. Secretary General of GCCI Jagdish Shah today said that the delegation would leave for Japan from Ahmedabad in the evening of April 7 and reach there the next day ie April 8. It would return on April 15. In capital Tokyo, after m...Read More

Gandhinagar: The Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) has handed over a memorandum of suggestions to Chief Minister Vijay Rupani and other ministers for consideration in the forthcoming budget of FY 2018-19 which includes among others requests to abolish the professional tax in the state and making a new revival, rehabilitation and takeover scheme for the sick units of MSME sector with a fund of Rs 1000 crore. It has also made requests regarding setting up of Interna...Read More

Rajkot: Various Chamber of Commerce organizations from across Gujarat will come together to make representation before the government on the issues such as GST. So far each such organization was making representation in individual capacity. A meeting was held at Rajkot in which decision was taken for unified representation. As per the decision taken, the Southern Gujarat Chamber, Gujarat Chamber, Gandhidham, Jamnagar, Junagadh, Rajkot, Saurashtra, Banakantha District, Vadodara and Zala...Read More

Ahmedabad: The Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) today moved a PIL in the high court challenging the Election Commission's power to appoint surveillance teams, stating that they infringed upon a citizen's fundamental rights. In the petition, the GCCI said the EC's power to appoint static/flying surveillance teams, which in turn is entitled to search any car or individual on the road, is against the fundamental right of a citizen. A lawyer representing the Election Commission ...Read More

Ahmedabad: Former PM and senior congress leader Dr. Manmohan Singh would begin his election campaign in Gujarat tomorrow. In fact, the speculations started after the sudden change in the venue of his first event in Gujarat before polls. Dr Singh will be addressing the representatives of small and medium businesses as the sole event in Gujarat in Ahmedabad tomorrow. His event was to be held in Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industries(GCCI) premises an...Read More

Ahmedabad: Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani will inaugurate 'Truck Trailer and Tyre Expo 2017, a first of its kind event to be held in Mahatma Gandhi Mandir in capital city Gandhinagar from September 9 to 11. The Annual General Meeting of the All India Motor Transport Congress and its managing committee meet would also be held on the same venue on the opening day of the event ie September 9 on the sidelines of the event, which would be a platform to bridge the gap between the manufacturers...Read More