Indian MSME ministry to propose lifting PPE export ban

13 Aug '20

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Indian minister of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) and road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari recently said he will request Prime Minister Narendra Modi and commerce minister Piyush Goyal to allow the export of personal protective equipment (PPE) to help the industry while creating jobs. He was addressing exporters at a virtual workshop.

The webinar on ‘Manufacture and Exports of Textile Based PPE’ was jointly organised by the Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC) and the Process and Product Development Centre (PPDC) of the MSME ministry.

“We are all with you regarding the export of PPE kits. I am constantly following this. I will talk with Piyush Goyal ji and the Prime Minister for the purpose as this will create more employment while at the same time it is an opportunity for our manufacturers,” Shri Gadkari was quoted as saying by an AEPC press release.

“Today, we have surplus production and we are in a position to export more of these quality materials. I will write to the Commerce Ministry and the Prime Minister for giving permission to export PPE kits, masks and sanitizer,” he said.

The government is planning a social micro finance institution that will finance up to ₹10 lakh to an individual, he said. “I am confident that this will help create two crore jobs. This is the time to help the poor; socially, economically and educationally backward; living in rural and tribal areas; and 115 aspirational districts,” he added.

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