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    Battling COVID-19: What the industry wants

    Synopsis

    CII has suggested a bouquet of measures to help businesses battling the 21-day shutdown

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    Ease of doing business
    • Enhance validity of existing licenses, approvals and NoCs
    • Quick disbursal of pending dues to the private sector
    • Speedy clearances for Pharma and Chemical industries
    • Extend sunset date of SEZ units for direct tax benefits

    Logistics

    • Transport sector be deemed essential service
    • Ways & means advance to pay salaries
    • Single government point of contact for supply chains
    • States can appoint private sector to handle warehousing and transport

    Medical equipment and supplies

    • Speedy clearance of medical devices at ports
    • 0% import duty on critical medical devices
    • Respite from bank repayments for MedTech manufacturers
    • 0% import duty on sanitizers, masks and personal protection goods

    Digital payments

    • Extend incentive for customers and merchants to adopt digital payments
    • Tax rebates for businesses with 70% digital transactions
    • Mass ad campaing for digital transactions & e-comm
    • Prohibit convenience fees and service charges

    MSMEs

    • License NBFCs to issue cards to SMEs for working capital credit
    • 60 day extension for payment of income tax and GST
    • Extend business insurance policies and coverage
    • Extension of bank EMIs till June 30

    Textiles & Apparel

    • Extend 0% interest loans equivalent to govt dues
    • Wage subsidy up to 50% for registered workers for 2 quarters
    • Exempt raw materials from anti-dumping duties
    • Working capital at max 7% from April-Dec 2020

    Tourism & Hospitality

    • 6-9 month moratorium on working capital principle, interest payments
    • GST holiday for hotels, tour packages and reservation services
    • Short-term interest free or low interest loans
    • Doubling of overdraft limits


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