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CMAI CAPSULE
CONCILIATION & ARBITRATION SUMMARY REPORT FOR THE MONTHS OF JUNE AND JULY, 2019
Particulars
June 2019
July 2019
No. of Cases
Amount
No. of Cases
Amount
Opening Total Cases Pending Resolution
2,145
R429,563,459
2,178
R433,998,897
New Complaints
50
R7,271,665
35
R3,425,150
Resolved Complaints
17
R363,479
41
R2,590,924
Payments Recovered
46
R2,472,748
55
R6,955,291
Total Cases Pending Resolution
2,178
R433,998,897
2,172
R427,877,832
Payments Received
37
R1,394,148
37
R3,608,962
Post Dated Cheque Received
9
R1,078,600
18
R3,346,329
Total Payments Received
46
R2,472,748
55
R6,955,291
C Forms Collected in the Period on behalf of Members
-
1
R3,826,593
REPRESENTATIONS & CIRCULARS
We have made a Representation to the Hon’ble Minister of Women, Child Development and Textiles
on June 20, 2019, requesting the Hon’ble Minister to take up the Issue of Sale of Carry Bags by the
Retailers, with the Ministry of Consumer Affairs.
We have a sent a Communication on June 22, 2019, to the Secretary, (Textiles), Ministry of Textiles,
Government of India, regarding CMAI’s Participation in the SAMARTH Scheme.
We have sent a Brief Note on the Suggestions made by our President, Mr Rahul Mehta, at the
Interactive Session with Stakeholders held at Udyog Bhavan, New Delhi, on June 27, 2019 to the
Ministry of Textiles, on June 28, 2019.
We have sent a Communication to the Secretary (Textiles), Ministry of Textiles, Government of India,
on June 29, 2019, Nominating Members from CMAI to be on the Technical Committee that will be
Constituted for the ‘INDIASize Project’.
Subsequent to the Meeting with the Leading Industry Associations convened by the Ministry of
Commerce and Industry on July 1, 2019, the Association has submitted a Detailed Note of the Impact
and Implications on Import of Ready-made Garments from Bangladesh, on July 8, 2019 to the Hon’ble
Minister of Commerce and Industry, Hon’ble Minister of Women, Child Development and Textiles,
Secretary (Textiles ) and Trade Advisor, Ministry of Textiles.
The Association has sent a Note on the TURQUALITY Scheme to the Trade Advisor, Ministry of
Textiles on July 24, 2019 recommending that this Scheme should be used on a Conceptual basis to
evolve our own unique Scheme appropriate to the needs of the Industry.
The Association has also submitted its reply to the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 5501 for July
26, 2019 to the Ministry of Textiles, Government of India, on July 23, 2019.
The Association has submitted a Representation to Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, Hon’ble Minister of
Finance, on July 30, 2019, humbly requesting that Merchandise Exports from India Scheme (MEIS) for
Garments and Made-ups be continued with the existing Rate of four per cent until such time as the
alternate WTO Compliance Scheme is formulated and Implemented.
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July 26, 2019 Cir. No. W-5/8/19 sent to all Members in Maharashtra
by E-mail requesting them to Submit Internal Complaints
Committee (ICC) under the Sexual Harassment of Women
at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act,
2013. As per Section Four of the Act, it is mandatory for
all workplaces having 10 or more Employees to constitute
a Committee under the Act for each of the Offices
separately and to frame a Policy under the Act.
July 27, 2019 Cir. No. 09/19 sent to all Members of the Association
by E-mail requesting all Members of the Trade to Sign
the Petition to be submitted to the Government of India
requesting that MEIS for Garments (HS Code 61 and 62)
and Made-Ups (HS Code 63) should be continued till the
alternative scheme is formulated and implemented.
August 2019