“We want all the political parties in the country to come up with economic programs prioritizing energy sector development so that we can gradually reduce energy deficit in the country,” Suraj Vaidya, president of FNCCI, said. “We will start negotiations with top leaders of political parties soon.”[break]
Speaking at an interaction with economic journalists on Sunday, Vaidya said FNCCI will request political parties to forge consensus on common minimum economic agenda for sectors like tourism, agriculture, energy and service.
Stressing the need to promote trade with India and China, Vaiyda said process to form a tripartite high-level team has already begun. “We are already in talks with Indian business leaders in this direction. We will also hold talks with our Chinese counterparts to form a high level think tank that will play vital role in promoting trade among the three neighbors,” said Vaidya.
At a time when negotiations are underway to review minimum remuneration of workers, Vaidya clearly stated that the private sector was not in a position to fix minimum remuneration at Rs 12,000-Rs15,000 per month as demanded by the trade unions representatives. “We are for increasing minimum remuneration on the basis of inflation rate calculated by the government,” said Vaidya. “Most of the factories will be closed down if remuneration is increased as demanded by the trade unions.”
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