Chandigarh, November 28, 2013: FICCI-CASCADE (Committee Against Smuggling and Counterfeiting Activities Destroying the Economy) with support of Education Department, Chandigarh organized a youth festival today on the theme of “Freedom from Fakes and Smuggled goods”

The festival was organized at Indira Holiday Home in Sector 24 here to increase awareness among the youth to fight against the menace of counterfeiting and smuggling.  Around 200 students took a pledge to take proactive action and “Quit Fake” and “Fight Smuggling”.

Mr. Pawan Kumar Bansal, Member of Parliament &Former Union Railway Minister inaugurated the event and invoked the pledge among students. In his address the MP congratulated FICCI CASCADE was initiating such an important movement and asked the students to actively join this movement in the interest of nation’s economy and security.

He observed that the menace of counterfeiting and smuggling is not only harming the industry and the government but also tarnishing the country’s image.

Mr. V K Singh, Education Secretary & Finance Secretary, Chandigarh delivered the special address. Mr. P C Jha, Advisor, FICCI CASCADE also spoke on the occasion.