Govt to help link kirana stores to online retailers

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NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant on Tuesday said the government will work on helping kirana stores and local traders link with online retail. “This is the government’s responsibility. We will definitely do that,” Kant said at a meeting with the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT).

Praveen Khandelwal, National Secretary General, CAIT, said the traders’ body has no objection to the linking of online retail and kiranas. However, he said it is a contentious issue. “We need to deliberate this issue among ourselves and then will go with our views to the government,” he said.