A delegation comprising of members of Council of Indian Exhibition Organisers (CIEO) met with Hon’ble Minister for Industries, Mining, Marathi Language, Maharashtra Government, Shri Subhash Desai on 3rd August 2021 in order to impress upon the Hon’ble Minister to permit restarting exhibitions in Mumbai and other parts of Maharashtra on the assurance that strict SOP and Government guidelines would be followed. The CIEO delegation comprised of Mr. Rajesh Bhagat, Mr. Manish Gandhi, Steering Committee Members, CIEO along with members, Mr. Aanurag Dhoot, Mr. Gazanfar Ibrahim, Mr. Ganesh Parkar, Mr. Raj Singh and Mr. Bijoy Varghese, Secretariat, CIEO. The delegation also briefed the Hon’ble Minister that several venues had been granted permission to hold B2B exhibitions at IEML – Noida, BIEC – Bengaluru, HITEX – Hyderabad, and Pragati Maidan – New Delhi by respective governments.