dhanbad seeking a level playing field to do business in the state an 11 member team of dhanbad chamber of commerce went on a daylong hunger strike at bank more on wednesday against ecommerce portals traders said online shopping portals like amazon and flipkart have eaten into their profits bringing down their counter sale by 25 dhanbad chamber president rajesh gupta told toi the strike will hopefully turn the spotlight on the plight of small businesses in the state the ecommerce portals offer big discounts and also run at a loss at times to put smalltime enterprises out of business said gupta gupta said small businesses are unable to compete with ecommerce players as they do not have big capital items are sold at a fraction of the cost on online shopping sites or at the factory rate middleclass families have access to smartphones giving them the power to make purchases easily if action is not taken against these online retailers we might have to shut shop he added gupta said products worth rs 10 crore enters jharkhand on a monthly basis without the state government earning any revenue of it jharkhand chamber of commerce president pawan sharma said the state government should define borders perfectly and impose tax on goods that enter the state he also said that state chamber is in negotiation with union finance ministry to guard the interest of small businessmen across the country tnn published on jun 23 2016 at 1218 pm ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etretail app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app dhanbad chamber of commerce amazon jharkhand dhanbad flipkart homenewsecommerce sites unfavorable for local traders in ranchi