Assuring small-scale businessmen that the era of e-commerce would not affect their trade, Union minister Piyush Goyal on Sunday said the importance of corner stores and small shops would only increase in the coming days as compared to big shopping malls. "The relevance of small shops would not lessen. In America and Europe, the number of corner stores is increasing whereas the big malls are being shut down. at the malls, the Union minister pointed out. The Union minister lamented the fact that even after 70 years since Independence, nearly 20-22 crore people in the country were without electricity.

Source: dna September 11, 2016 15:16 UTC