As per the announcement on the July 2, 2021, Retail trade is now eligible for priority sector advances by banks and financial institutions as per RBI guidelines. RAI welcomes this decision by the Government of India (GOI) and is thankful to GOI for considering our long-standing demand.
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To avail the benefits, retail businesses are required to register on the Udyam portal as MSMEs.
We are pleased to inform you that we at Retailers Association of India (RAI) have set up a ‘Retail MSME Help Desk’ to help our MSME members with their queries and guide them through the UDYAM Aadhaar registration process so that they can start availing the benefits covered therein.
Members can email their queries to msme@rai.net.in.
As the Government takes measures to restart economic activities in a calibrated manner to ensure the safety and well-being of citizens, RAI has urged the Governments of Delhi, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Rajasthan to permit non-food category retailers (non-essential retailers) to operate. In its submission, RAI has highlighted that by allowing non-food retailers to operate and carry out home deliveries will ensure that people have fewer reasons to step outside, there is the easy availability of non-essential supplies, and stricter adherence to social distancing.
The State Government of Uttarakhand and Jammu & Kashmir had permitted staggered operations of shops and malls as a part of their unlock orders. Uttarakhand Government permitted operation of shops till 2 pm, despite the curfew hours starting at 5 pm. Similarly, J&K government permitted operation of shops on alternate days, In this regard, RAI appealed to the state governments that organized shops and malls are safe places for shopping since they have the infrastructure to adhere to COVID appropriate behaviour and should be permitted to operate daily for full working hours for the revival of the industry.
RAI has been appealing to the State government as well as to the Central government regarding the need for vaccinating front end personnel in our industry, whom we are calling as Last Mile Workers (LMWs).
Therefore, RAI has submitted the representation to respective State Govts regarding the need for protecting Last Mile Workers (LMWs) and requested for prioritisation of vaccination of LMWs across major states. Click here to find RAI’s submission.
RAI has submitted a representation to Delhi , Maharashtra and other State Governments requesting for opening of economic activities with necessary safety measures at Malls
In the representation, RAI has highlighted that opening up of malls and shopping centres will help address the Government’s key priority of ensuring revival of economy while safeguarding the citizens well-being.
CPCB had issued a public notice for registration of Producers, Importers, Brand Owners (PIBO) under the provisions of Plastic Waste Management Rules. Earlier the deadline for registration was 15 May 2021. Upon RAI's submission, it got extended till 30 June 2021. In the wake of national lockdown due to COVID-19 second wave, RAI had requested for further deferment. We are pleased to inform that the deadline for the same is now extended till 1st August 2021.
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RAI has appealed to MoF and DPIIT to include corporate retail outlets under ECLGS 3.0. In its representation, RAI has stated that, since the ECLGS 3.0 has been announced for the very stressed sectors like Hospitality, which have been completely locked down during second wave of COVID 19, RAI requested that the same be extended to corporate retail sector also. Since the ECLGS 3.0 scheme allows for additional limits up to 40% and has a higher cap of borrowing, affected retailers would be able to avail of this additional credit line during this crisis. This, other-wise sound sector, needs the support to tide over this second phase of Covid-19. This would enable the corporate retail sector to access much needed funds and credit. The enhanced limits is the need of the hour and we hope that you would help by including corporate retail under 3.0.
GHMC had issued an advertisement policy which stated that:
Furthermore, there was no clarity on informative signboards, whether they are included in 15% of total frontage. RAI appealed GHMC to reconsider the policy but the submission was not accepted by the authorities.
Subsequently, GHMC started issuing notices and imposing fines for the erection of illegal advertisements under this policy. Various members represented to RAI to challenge this policy and take legal remedy. In this regard, RAI has filed a writ petition against GHMC. GHMC has sought 15 days time to file the counter to the writ petition. The matter will be tagged with all the similar petitions and will proceed further once the GHMC files the counter.
RAI is following up on its request with the state governments of Maharashtra and Telangana to allow the apparel and garment shops to permit the use of trial rooms. RAI has submitted the detailed SOPs to these state governments.
The government of Goa had issued instructions restricting the import of chicken and egg products from neighbouring states of Maharashtra and Karnataka. In this regard, RAI submitted a representation appealing to the state government to permit the same since a clarification was issued by central government regarding the safety of cooked chicken and egg products.
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