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	'''Federation of Associations of Maharashtra (FAM)''' is a Mumbai-based<ref name="TT-20020525">{{cite news\|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20020525/nation.ht\|title=AWARD FOR SINGER PRABHA ATRE KOPARGAON: \|date=25 May 2002\|work=The Tribune\|accessdate=25 November 2012\|location=Chandigarh}}</ref> summit organisation of 750 small-scale and trade & service providers associations in [[Maharashtra]], India.<ref name="BS-20112811">{{cite news\|url=http://www.business-standard.com/results/news/qa-mohan-gurnani-president-federationassociationsmaharashtra/456881/\|title=Q&A: Mohan Gurnani, President, Federation of Associations of Maharashtra \|last=Jog\|first=Sanjay\|date=28 November 2011\|work=Business Standard\|accessdate=25 November 2012}}</ref> Founded in 1979,<ref>{{cite web \|title=About us \|url=https://famindia.in/about-us-2 \|website=Federation of Associations of Maharashtra \|access-date=17 April 2021 \|archive-url=https://archive.is/~~wip~~/~~xcaPd~~ \|archive-date=17 April 2021}}</ref> it led traders against what it considered "harsh provisions" of the Maharashtra Value Added Tax Act in April 2005.<ref name="ET-20050415">{{cite news\|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2005-04-15/news/27477561_1_implementation-of-value-added-tax-state-traders-trade-associations\|title=VAT now? State traders on strike from today\|date=15 April 2005\|work=The Economic Times\|accessdate=25 November 2012\|location=Mumbai}}</ref> FAM has opposed measures by the Indian government to allow [[foreign direct investment]] (FDI) in the retail sector.<ref name="PhDPatel2005">Arpita Mukherjee, PhD; Arpita Mukherjee & Nitisha Patel. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=JqwlvXImtAcC&pg=PA117 Fdi in Retail Sector India: A Report by Icrier And Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Government of India]''. Academic Foundation; 1 January 2005 [cited 25 November 2012]. {{ISBN\|978-81-7188-480-3}}. p. 117.</ref><ref name="TOI-20111202">{{cite news\|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-12-02/india/30467083_1_nationwide-bandh-bandh-supporters-traders\|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103101536/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-12-02/india/30467083_1_nationwide-bandh-bandh-supporters-traders\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=3 January 2013\|title=No united response to ~~traders’~~ bandh \|date=2 November 2012\|accessdate=25 November 2012\|work=[[The Times of India]]\|location=Mumbai}}</ref> It has likened FDI in retail to a "foreign invasion.<ref name="TOI-20120916">{{cite news\|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-09-16/mumbai/33879795_1_trade-bandh-crores-of-small-retailers-statewide-bandh\|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103135953/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-09-16/mumbai/33879795_1_trade-bandh-crores-of-small-retailers-statewide-bandh\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=3 January 2013\|title=Trade bandh against FDI in retail on Thursday \|last=Jaisinghani\|first=Bella\|date=16 September 2012\|accessdate=25 November 2012\|work=[[The Times of India]]\|location=Mumbai}}</ref> In a protest in which it participated 3.5 million member establishments closed for a one-day [[bandh]].<ref name="TOI-20111201">{{cite news\|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-12-01/india/30462530_1_bandh-today-multi-brand-retail-sector-traders\|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103150224/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-12-01/india/30462530_1_bandh-today-multi-brand-retail-sector-traders\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=3 January 2013\|title=FDI protest: 35L traders down shutters in Maharashtra, response muted in Bihar \|date=1 December 2011\|work=[[The Times of India]]\|accessdate=25 November 2012}}</ref> In October, 2012 the opposition [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] has cited a letter written to FAM by [[Manmohan Singh]], now Prime Minister of India, in 2002, when he was the leader of the opposition in the [[Rajya Sabha]], India's upper house of parliament, alleging [[double standard]]s practiced by him.<ref name="Hindu-20121006">{{cite news\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/bjp-slams-congress-for-double-standards-on-fdi/article3971987.ece\|title=BJP slams Congress for ~~‘double standards’~~ on FDI\|date=6 October 2012\|work=The Hindu\|accessdate=25 November 2012\|location=Chennai}}</ref> It is a co-signatory to a letter written in 2010 that called for a halt to "Free Trade Agreement" negotiations between India and the European Union.<ref name="HBF-2010">{{cite web\|url=http://www.in.boell.org/downloads/call_for_halt.pdf\|title=Last chance to prevent onslaught on ~~people’s~~ rights and livelihoods! Civil society groups call for an immediate halt to the India-EU trade negotiations\|year=2010\|publisher=[[Heinrich Böll Foundation]]\|accessdate=25 November 2012}}</ref> It is associated with a [[₹]]100 billion urban redevelopment project at Chira Bazar in [[Mumbai]].<ref name="AFD-20120211">{{cite news\|url=http://www.afternoondc.in/property-interior/will-rehabilitate-resolve/article_47406\|title=Will rehabilitate...resolve! \|date=11 February 2012\|work=Afternoon Despatch & Courier\|accessdate=25 November 2012\|location=Mumbai}}</ref>		'''Federation of Associations of Maharashtra (FAM)''' is a Mumbai-based<ref name="TT-20020525">{{cite news\|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20020525/nation.ht\|title=AWARD FOR SINGER PRABHA ATRE KOPARGAON \|date=25 May 2002\|work=The Tribune\|accessdate=25 November 2012\|location=Chandigarh}}</ref> summit organisation of 750 small-scale and trade & service providers associations in [[Maharashtra]], India.<ref name="BS-20112811">{{cite news\|url=http://www.business-standard.com/results/news/qa-mohan-gurnani-president-federationassociationsmaharashtra/456881/\|title=Q&A: Mohan Gurnani, President, Federation of Associations of Maharashtra \|last=Jog\|first=Sanjay\|date=28 November 2011\|work=Business Standard\|accessdate=25 November 2012}}</ref> Founded in 1979,<ref>{{cite web \|title=About us \|url=https://famindia.in/about-us-2 \|website=Federation of Associations of Maharashtra \|access-date=17 April 2021 \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210417055826/https://famindia.in/about-us-2/ \|archive-date=17 April 2021}}</ref> it led traders against what it considered "harsh provisions" of the Maharashtra Value Added Tax Act in April 2005.<ref name="ET-20050415">{{cite news\|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2005-04-15/news/27477561_1_implementation-of-value-added-tax-state-traders-trade-associations\|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103103800/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2005-04-15/news/27477561_1_implementation-of-value-added-tax-state-traders-trade-associations\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=3 January 2013\|title=VAT now? State traders on strike from today\|date=15 April 2005\|work=The Economic Times\|accessdate=25 November 2012\|location=Mumbai}}</ref> FAM has opposed measures by the Indian government to allow [[foreign direct investment]] (FDI) in the retail sector.<ref name="PhDPatel2005">Arpita Mukherjee, PhD; Arpita Mukherjee & Nitisha Patel. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=JqwlvXImtAcC&pg=PA117 Fdi in Retail Sector India: A Report by Icrier And Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Government of India]''. Academic Foundation; 1 January 2005 [cited 25 November 2012]. {{ISBN\|978-81-7188-480-3}}. p. 117.</ref><ref name="TOI-20111202">{{cite news\|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-12-02/india/30467083_1_nationwide-bandh-bandh-supporters-traders\|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103101536/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-12-02/india/30467083_1_nationwide-bandh-bandh-supporters-traders\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=3 January 2013\|title=No united response to traders' bandh \|date=2 November 2012\|accessdate=25 November 2012\|work=[[The Times of India]]\|location=Mumbai}}</ref> It has likened FDI in retail to a "foreign invasion.<ref name="TOI-20120916">{{cite news\|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-09-16/mumbai/33879795_1_trade-bandh-crores-of-small-retailers-statewide-bandh\|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103135953/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-09-16/mumbai/33879795_1_trade-bandh-crores-of-small-retailers-statewide-bandh\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=3 January 2013\|title=Trade bandh against FDI in retail on Thursday \|last=Jaisinghani\|first=Bella\|date=16 September 2012\|accessdate=25 November 2012\|work=[[The Times of India]]\|location=Mumbai}}</ref> In a protest in which it participated 3.5 million member establishments closed for a one-day [[bandh]].<ref name="TOI-20111201">{{cite news\|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-12-01/india/30462530_1_bandh-today-multi-brand-retail-sector-traders\|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103150224/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-12-01/india/30462530_1_bandh-today-multi-brand-retail-sector-traders\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=3 January 2013\|title=FDI protest: 35L traders down shutters in Maharashtra, response muted in Bihar \|date=1 December 2011\|work=[[The Times of India]]\|accessdate=25 November 2012}}</ref> In October, 2012 the opposition [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] has cited a letter written to FAM by [[Manmohan Singh]], now Prime Minister of India, in 2002, when he was the leader of the opposition in the [[Rajya Sabha]], India's upper house of parliament, alleging [[double standard]]s practiced by him.<ref name="Hindu-20121006">{{cite news\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/bjp-slams-congress-for-double-standards-on-fdi/article3971987.ece\|title=BJP slams Congress for 'double standards' on FDI\|date=6 October 2012\|work=The Hindu\|accessdate=25 November 2012\|location=Chennai}}</ref> It is a co-signatory to a letter written in 2010 that called for a halt to "Free Trade Agreement" negotiations between India and the European Union.<ref name="HBF-2010">{{cite web\|url=http://www.in.boell.org/downloads/call_for_halt.pdf\|title=Last chance to prevent onslaught on people's rights and livelihoods! Civil society groups call for an immediate halt to the India-EU trade negotiations\|year=2010\|publisher=[[Heinrich Böll Foundation]]\|accessdate=25 November 2012}}{{Dead link\|date=August 2025 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> It is associated with a [[₹]]100 billion urban redevelopment project at Chira Bazar in [[Mumbai]].<ref name="AFD-20120211">{{cite news\|url=http://www.afternoondc.in/property-interior/will-rehabilitate-resolve/article_47406\|title=Will rehabilitate...resolve! \|date=11 February 2012\|work=Afternoon Despatch & Courier\|accessdate=25 November 2012\|location=Mumbai}}</ref>

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'''Federation of Associations of Maharashtra (FAM)''' is a Mumbai-based<ref name="TT-20020525">{{cite news|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20020525/nation.ht|title=AWARD FOR SINGER PRABHA ATRE KOPARGAON: |date=25 May 2002|work=The Tribune|accessdate=25 November 2012|location=Chandigarh}}</ref> summit organisation of 750 small-scale and trade & service providers associations in [[Maharashtra]], India.<ref name="BS-20112811">{{cite news|url=http://www.business-standard.com/results/news/qa-mohan-gurnani-president-federationassociationsmaharashtra/456881/|title=Q&A: Mohan Gurnani, President, Federation of Associations of Maharashtra |last=Jog|first=Sanjay|date=28 November 2011|work=Business Standard|accessdate=25 November 2012}}</ref> Founded in 1979,<ref>{{cite web |title=About us |url=https://famindia.in/about-us-2 |website=Federation of Associations of Maharashtra |access-date=17 April 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.is/wip/xcaPd |archive-date=17 April 2021}}</ref> it led traders against what it considered "harsh provisions" of the Maharashtra Value Added Tax Act in April 2005.<ref name="ET-20050415">{{cite news|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2005-04-15/news/27477561_1_implementation-of-value-added-tax-state-traders-trade-associations|title=VAT now? State traders on strike from today|date=15 April 2005|work=The Economic Times|accessdate=25 November 2012|location=Mumbai}}</ref> FAM has opposed measures by the Indian government to allow [[foreign direct investment]] (FDI) in the retail sector.<ref name="PhDPatel2005">Arpita Mukherjee, PhD; Arpita Mukherjee & Nitisha Patel. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=JqwlvXImtAcC&pg=PA117 Fdi in Retail Sector India: A Report by Icrier And Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Government of India]''. Academic Foundation; 1 January 2005 [cited 25 November 2012]. {{ISBN|978-81-7188-480-3}}. p. 117.</ref><ref name="TOI-20111202">{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-12-02/india/30467083_1_nationwide-bandh-bandh-supporters-traders|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103101536/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-12-02/india/30467083_1_nationwide-bandh-bandh-supporters-traders|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 January 2013|title=No united response to traders’ bandh |date=2 November 2012|accessdate=25 November 2012|work=[[The Times of India]]|location=Mumbai}}</ref> It has likened FDI in retail to a "foreign invasion.<ref name="TOI-20120916">{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-09-16/mumbai/33879795_1_trade-bandh-crores-of-small-retailers-statewide-bandh|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103135953/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-09-16/mumbai/33879795_1_trade-bandh-crores-of-small-retailers-statewide-bandh|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 January 2013|title=Trade bandh against FDI in retail on Thursday |last=Jaisinghani|first=Bella|date=16 September 2012|accessdate=25 November 2012|work=[[The Times of India]]|location=Mumbai}}</ref> In a protest in which it participated 3.5 million member establishments closed for a one-day [[bandh]].<ref name="TOI-20111201">{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-12-01/india/30462530_1_bandh-today-multi-brand-retail-sector-traders|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103150224/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-12-01/india/30462530_1_bandh-today-multi-brand-retail-sector-traders|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 January 2013|title=FDI protest: 35L traders down shutters in Maharashtra, response muted in Bihar |date=1 December 2011|work=[[The Times of India]]|accessdate=25 November 2012}}</ref> In October, 2012 the opposition [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] has cited a letter written to FAM by [[Manmohan Singh]], now Prime Minister of India, in 2002, when he was the leader of the opposition in the [[Rajya Sabha]], India's upper house of parliament, alleging [[double standard]]s practiced by him.<ref name="Hindu-20121006">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/bjp-slams-congress-for-double-standards-on-fdi/article3971987.ece|title=BJP slams Congress for ‘double standards’ on FDI|date=6 October 2012|work=The Hindu|accessdate=25 November 2012|location=Chennai}}</ref> It is a co-signatory to a letter written in 2010 that called for a halt to "Free Trade Agreement" negotiations between India and the European Union.<ref name="HBF-2010">{{cite web|url=http://www.in.boell.org/downloads/call_for_halt.pdf|title=Last chance to prevent onslaught on people’s rights and livelihoods! Civil society groups call for an immediate halt to the India-EU trade negotiations|year=2010|publisher=[[Heinrich Böll Foundation]]|accessdate=25 November 2012}}</ref> It is associated with a [[₹]]100 billion urban redevelopment project at Chira Bazar in [[Mumbai]].<ref name="AFD-20120211">{{cite news|url=http://www.afternoondc.in/property-interior/will-rehabilitate-resolve/article_47406|title=Will rehabilitate...resolve! |date=11 February 2012|work=Afternoon Despatch & Courier|accessdate=25 November 2012|location=Mumbai}}</ref>

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[[Category:Economy of Maharashtra]]
[[Category:Organizations established in 1979]]
[[Category:1979 establishments in Maharashtra]]