Objectives

• To promote, encourage, support and execute schemes for the maintenance of high standard in restaurants.
• To encourage ethical methods and practices in the restaurant industry.
• To provide an institutional forum for education & training of the members.
• To liaison with various local, state and central government about problems/issues that are being faced by our members.

Achivements

• Successfully got the extension of MCD/NDMC Health License and Police License from 1 year to 3 years for Delhi restaurants w.e.f. April 2008.
• Favorable decision given by the Delhi High Court against the applicability of MRP provision in the Standards of Weight & Measures rules at restaurants in March 2007.
• NRAI petition against the increasing license fees by music societies PPL (Phonographic Performance Limited) & IPRS (Indian Performing Rights Society) – pending in High Court. However the High Court has ordered for holding special events, the music societies would not charge from the petitioners more than 15% on the rates prevalent prior to Sep 2005.
• Got approval on the extension of restaurant timing from 12 a.m. to 1 a.m. both by Excise and Police department in Delhi in Oct 2004
• Obtained exemption from the Delhi Pollution Control Committee for small restaurants who do not have the full fledged food processing units in July 2004.
• Benefit of duty free import of liquors/alcoholic beverages/capital goods extended to stand alone restaurants at 10% of the foreign exchange earnings of the preceding financial year in 2004.

WHITE PAPER INITIATIVE

NRAI has released the WHITE PAPER on Restaurant Industry on May 1, 2010, along with Mindscape (research division of Technopak). This is the first extensive national level research/study on the organized restaurant business in India. The paper will be used to aid in creating national awareness about the industry, provide a fact-based support to industry needs and can be used by industry leaders to influence government policy.