A delegation comprising of members of Council of Indian Exhibition Organisers (CIEO) met with Hon’ble Minister for Industries, Mining, Marathi Language, Maharashtra Government, Shri Subhash Desai on 3rd August, 2021 in order to impress upon the Hon’ble Minister to permit restarting exhibitions in Mumbai and other parts of Maharashtra on the assurance that strict SOP and Government guidelines would be followed.
The CIEO delegation comprised of Mr. Rajesh Bhagat, Mr. Manish Gandhi, Steering Committee Members, CIEO along with members, Mr. Aanurag Dhoot, Mr. Ganzafar Ibrahim, Mr. Ganesh Parkar, Mr. Raj Singh and Mr. Bijoy Varghese, Secretariat, CIEO.
The delegation also briefed the Hon’ble Minister that several venues had been granted permissions to hold B2B exhibitions at IEML – Noida, BIEC – Bengaluru, HITEX – Hyderabad and Pragati Maidan – New Delhi by respective governments. Several major shows would move out of Mumbai to these venues if the Government does not permit or delays granting permission to hold B2B exhibitions in Mumbai and State of Maharashtra causing considerable loss of revenue and jobs to the State. The Hon’ble Minister was completely seized of the matter and also aware that suitable venues in Mumbai should be made available for holding B2B exhibitions as they are the backbone of the Industry and MSME’s. He immediately took up the matter with the Municipal Commissioner, Mr. Iqbal Chahal, IAS and arranged for a meeting with him with the CIEO delegation at the BMC headquarters tomorrow.
CIEO delegation would be making a suitable representation for the opening of the B2B exhibitions to the Municipal Commissioner along with suggested SOP’s at the meeting tomorrow.
