Apparel-August 2020 | Page 20

Report MSME sector receives Financial Relief post announcement of Economic Package CMAI welcomed the measure announced by Hon'ble Finance Minister, Smt Nirmala Sitharaman to support Small Businesses and Vendors CMAI welcomed the measures announced by Smt Nirmala Sitharaman, Hon Finance Minister, especially those connected with the Government’s support to the MSME Sector, on May 14, 2020. The enhancing of the upper limits of the sector, the merging of the Manufacturing and Service Sectors, and the addition of a Turnover based criteria, was created to enable enterprises, especially in the Garment Industry, to take advantage of the various schemes under the MSME umbrella. The MSME sector will be backed by additional Loans given by the Government and will require No collateral or Guarantee. This will enable many members to also get the much-needed working capital assistance that the Industry needs to 18 I APPAREL I August 2020