Union Commerce and Industry Minister Suresh Prabhu has called for a national policy on retail trade.

Prabhu has discussed the proposal with Union Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan, said people familiar with the matter.

As a first step towards formulating the policy, Prabhu has proposed a task force under Department of Consumer Affairs, which has administrative control over issues related to retail trade.

The consumer affairs ministry is the nodal agency for regulating internal trade.

The proposal comes at a time when the commerce ministry has initiated the process to formulate a national policy on e-commerce.

A task force under commerce secretary Rita Teaotia has already been constituted to discuss issues related to retail trade.

First Published:Apr 26, 2018 7:57 PM IST