A Study of the Role Played by Poona Merchants’ Chamber in the Promotion of Wholesale Grocery Business in Pune City

The Poona Merchants’ Chamber is an association of wholesale grocery traders of Pune. Established in the year 1949, the Chamber has been the pioneer Chamber and has provided leadership to the other Chambers and trade associations of Maharashtra. This paper attempts to know about the history, organization and working of Poona Merchants’ Chamber, and also know about the contribution of Poona Merchants’ Chamber in the promotion of wholesale grocery business in Pune city. For this, the researchers have studied the satisfaction level of the member-traders with the working and services of the Chamber and also the efforts of the Chamber to improve the structure and systems of wholesale grocery business in Pune city.