New Trade Union Initiative is a federation of independent trade unions in India popularly known as NTUI.
Chavan was elected as the president, Ashim Roy the general secretary and M. Subbu the Treasurer.
[1] NTUI proclaims itself as independent from political parties.
[2] Its core constituent is the National Centre for Labour, a trade union of informal sector workers.
[3][4] At the time of the 2006 conference, NTUI had around 300 affiliated unions.