Sources said the 41st meeting of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council would be a single agenda meeting on states' compensation to be held via video conferencing.
Trade, Import and Export for MSMEs: MSME Minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday urged units in apparel exports to focus on quality along with bringing down costs related to logistics, power, and labour to become more competitive even as India lags behind countries like Bangladesh and Vietnam in apparel exports.
NEW DELHI : The government may include cooperative banks as a lending institution under the Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS) that was announced to support stressed micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs).
Tamil Nadu Government’s decision to extend the Covid-19 lockdown to August 31 and the indecisiveness on the part of buyers from European Union and United States have made life difficult for the knitwear industry in Tirupur.
Knitwear garment exporters in Tirupur have sought extension of moratorium on term loan instalments and working capital facilities till the close of the current fiscal and extension of liquidity support to all MSMEs without a cap on credit exposure.
Despite revival measures by the government that have gradually unlocked the Indian economy following coronavirus-induced lockdowns, the revival of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) is unlikely anytime soon, with prospects for recovery only by the next fiscal year.