To give a push to industrialisation in the State, representatives of the different Chambers of Commerce will be included in an advisory committee, which will be headed by the Chief Minister Jyoti Basu himself. In this high-powered committee, trade unions will also be represented. The idea is to arrive at a consensus whenever dispute arises.

On February 23 Basu at a meeting with representative of Chambers of Commerce gave enough indication to the industrialists that the State was industry-friendly. Basu however, said that the Left Front Government in West Bengal considered bandh / strikes as the last report of the working class. Bandhs / strikes are also not called every now and then. Even there may be a difference of opinion between the Left Front Government and the Industry on the issue of strike / bandh the two sides will continue dialogue on the issue. The Chambers of Commerce also felt that strike-bandhs was a democratic right of the people. They also did not raise the constitutional propriety of calling a bandh. They however, felt that if bandhs were called periodically, wrong signals would reach the prospective investors in the State. Moreover strikes are being treated as holidays these days, the Chambers' representatives felt. The workers in the unorganized sector they said will be hit hard because of bandhs. The Chambers therefore favoured pen-down strike lasting, say an hour. The Chambers' proposal did not find favour with the trade unions which felt that trade unions call a bandh for a definite purpose and not for fun.