Praveen Khandelwal

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Praveen Khandelwal
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Born1960 (age 6364)
Delhi
NationalityIndian
EducationLaw Graduate (L.L.B.)
Alma mater University of Delhi
OrganizationConfederation of All India Traders (CAIT)
Relatives Satish Khandelwal (uncle)

Praveen Khandelwal (born 1960) is a Delhi-based businessman and politician from Bhartiya Janta Party and is the founder and general secretary of an organisation called the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT). [1] [2]

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He was elected from Chandni Chowk seat by a margin of 80,000 votes defeating Comgress leader J.P Aggarwal from Chandni Chowk Lok Sabha Constituency. The constituency has large number of businesses and traders. During campaigning, he promised to remain available for people and hold junta durbar on the road.

Education

Khandelwal did his law graduation (LLB) from University of Delhi. [3]

Career

In 2017, Khandelwal was nominated to be a part of the government’s GST panel. [4]

In 5 July 2021, Khandelwal was confirmed to be a member of Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) as a Central Government panel's advisor. [5] [6]

Khandelwal launched a phase 2 campaign titled "Indian Goods - Our Pride" boycotting of Chinese goods across the country, aiming to achieve a reduction in imports of Chinese manufactured goods by 1 lakh crore (13 billion USD) by December 2021.[ citation needed ] On 15 August 2021, Independence Day of India, Khandelwal launched a new e-commerce portal Bharat-e-market to compete with incumbents Amazon India and Walmart-backed Flipkart. [7]

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