Merchants Chamber of Uttar Pradesh (MCUP) was established in year 1932 by Late Lala Kamlapat Singhania with an objective of protecting the interests of Indian merchants, traders and businessmen, led by Indians during the British era. It is country’
y Indians during the British era. It is country’s one of the oldest non-government, not-for-profit organization engaged in promoting and protecting the Trade, Commerce and Manufacturing in state of Uttar Pradesh. MCUP has a history of positive role in acting as a bridge between the government and the business community. Representations made by the Chamber, from time to time on fiscal and policy related matters at the State as well as the Central Government level have been receiving appropriate attention.
As of today, Chamber is a proactive and dynamic multi-State apex organisation working at the grass-root level and with strong national and international linkages.
The Chamber acts as a catalyst in the promotion of industry, trade and entrepreneurship. Merchants' Chamber, through its research-based policy advocacy role, positively impacts the economic growth and development of the nation.
Merchants Chamber of Uttar Pradesh provides you excellent networking opportunities with government officials, diplomats, leading names from all spheres of life and also your business peers.
Merchants Chamber provides regularly customised and value-added knowledge and information to you ranging from business opportunities to important policy changes to help you stay ahead of the competition.
Merchants Chamber provides an excellent forum to Indian companies for getting their problems redressed by and suggestions put up to relevant government authorities at the Central and State level, through both focussed interaction with government officials and submission of memoranda and representations.
With the in-house expertise at Chamber, we give business advice to members on most aspects of their business. These include, apart from national and regional economic and industry related issues, corporate affairs, taxation, finance and banking, capital markets, infrastructure and energy, labour and industrial relations, human resources and skill development, tourism, agri-business, environment, etc.
Chamber is authorised by the Government of India to issue certificate of origin to Indian exporters. We also attest commercial documents of various types. Recommendation letters for visas for business promotion to foreign diplomatic missions in India are also issued for representatives of Indian companies.
The objects for which the Chamber is established are –
To promote and protect the trade, commerce and manufacturers of India and the interest thereof direct and indirect and in particular the trade, commerce and manufacturers and the interests thereof Uttar Pradesh
To consider all questions connected with such trade, commerce and manufacturers and the interests thereof
To promote or oppose legislative and other measures affecting in general such trade, commerce and manufacturers
To collect and circulate statistics and other information relating to such trade, commerce and manufacturers
To undertake by arbitration the settlement of disputes arising out of trade
To borrow any moneys required for the purpose of the Chamber upon such securities as may be determined
To sell, improve, manage, develop, lease, mortgage, dispose of, turn to account, or otherwise deal with all or any part of the property of the Chamber
To encourage friendly feelings and common understanding amongst the business community in general
To promote, encourage and diffuse all useful knowledge pertaining to trade, commerce and manufacturers in general
To subscribe, to become a member of and cooperate with any other Association whether incorporated or not, whose objects are altogether or in part similar to those of this Chamber and to procure from and to communicate to any such Association, such information as may be likely to advance the objects of this Chamber
To do all such other lawful things as are incidental or conductive to the attainment of the above objects
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