 Gangtok,
Aug 1: Will history be rewritten at last? It is believed that
the formal re-opening of the Nathu-la trade route will take
place on October 2, Gandhi Jayanti. However, the traders around
Sikkim were worried if the method of trade will include `barter`
– an ancient trade practice. But there has been no official
document or declaration mentioning `barter` till date.
Senior officials of the Sikkim Commerce
and Industries Department said that barter system cannot be
ruled out in the initial phases, but trade will depend largely
on exchange of currency, as banks, immigration and custom
services were already in place.
The official announcement today said that
the Centre has fixed October 2 as the tentative date for the
formal re-opening of the trade route.
In today’s meet the traders suggested
the inclusion of various commodities that would be traded
across the border. However, they could hardly add any more
to the exhaustive list already prepared by the Nathu-la trade
group constituted by the government.
The government had demanded Rs 2,122 Crore
for the development of the project, and the central commerce
and industry ministry has appointed RITES for ascertaining
the validity of the state’s demands. |
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