RAI delegation attended the meeting chaired by Additional Chief Secretary of Telangana - Mr Rakesh Singh ,  Principal Secretary (Commerce & Industries department), Government of Karnataka : Dr. S Selvakumar (IAS) and officials from the Industry Department and BBMP to discuss simplification of the procedure for issuing trade licenses. 
Delegation represented that while the application process for trade licence including payment of registration/ renewal fee is online still retailers have to visit BBMP office repeatedly to get the licenses. 
RAI recommended that there is no need for an applicant to visit the BBMP office to get the licenses, in case all requisite documents are in order and applicable fee is paid.
We also highlighted that current portal doesn't have amending features. In the present scenario, if any changes like applicant details, premises area etc are to be made, we need to surrender the license and apply a fresh license. 
Mr Rakesh Singh assured us that he will consider our submission. We shall keep you posted on this.