Thursday, April 23, 2020
writingonblog uncensored: Lockdown has resulted in 75pc drop in trade volume...
writingonblog uncensored: Lockdown has resulted in 75pc drop in trade volume...: C Shivakumar @ CHENNAI: The lockdown has impacted nearly 75 per cent drop in trade volumes in the three ports across Chennai and electro...
Lockdown has resulted in 75pc drop in trade volumes in Chennai Ports, says report
C Shivakumar @ CHENNAI:
The lockdown has impacted nearly 75 per cent drop in trade volumes in the three ports across Chennai and electronic and automobile industries have been impacted the most because of imports from China, according to a report by Tamil Nadu Association of SEZ Infrastructure Developers (TASID).
According to TASID, storage facilities and warehouses are all full Inventory isn’t moving out due to industries shutting down, the report said that ports across India experienced 60 drop in volume by the middle of March.
The report also states that there is reduced demand for logistics because production across sectors has come down. Currently demand through Free Trade Zone is very low since majority of industries is hurt.
Stating that there are opportunities for domestic manufacturers to step in and fill the supply void as foreign companies are wanting to stop their manufacturing units in China, the report also stated that electronic and automobile industries have been impacted the most during lockdown because of imports from China.
The report also stated that export performance by Export Oriented Units was at its peak in 2016-17 However there is a decline in the performance for two consecutive years.
The report also states that Tamil Nadu tops the chart of operational SEZs with 75 per cent of its SEZs functioning without any hitch Tamil Nadu has 52 SEZs of which 39 are operational.
writingonblog uncensored: Migrant workers denied salaries as labour contract...
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Migrant workers denied salaries as labour contractors, sub-contractors, developers involved in blame game
C Shivakumar @ Chennai: (Pix Devdatta)
Contractors, who have hired migrant workers in the construction sites of developers have not paid them their due salaries leaving these workers and their families in lurch during the lockdown.
After Express highlighted the plight of migrant workers in a site in Ayanambakkam, who were not paid for the last two months, a few of them got one-month salary but many were left high and dry resulting in these migrant workers protesting.
Interestingly, the issue of non-payment salaries to migrant workers has resulted in blame-game between the contractors, sub-contractors and developers with none taking the responsibility.
Thirty-three year old Bhagirathi, a carpenter from Chappra district in Bihar and a father of two children who started working in the site from November, told Express that he was paid the salary for the month of February and it was a huge relief for his.
But many of his colleagues have been left in lurch. Twenty-eight-year-old Krishnakumar from Chattrapur in Madhya Pradesh said his contractor Joginder did not pay him the salary for Februray and March.
"I had taken a loan of Rs 60,000 to Rs 65,000 as loan for my marriage. Now these peope call me often asking me to pay back the money. Here officials are promising us to may but the payment never happens. Even my parents and wife is worried. Atleast they could have made arrangement for us to go back home as no work is happening," he rues.
Same is the plight of Rohit Kumar, 35, who is married and has a daughter, who are staying with his mother and father. "They are solely dependent on my earnings to buy food provisions, says Kumar, a carpenter, who hails from Banda district in Uttar Pradesh. "They have to pay two month salary of Rs 50,000," he says.
Interestingly, Joginder is a sub-contracter who provides manpower to other organisation belonging to Bhavesh Patel. Joginder told Express that he has yet to get money from the conractor then only he could pay the workers. The developer who pays the contractor told Express that they have a month credit-cycle and payment has been made to the contractors.
"These contractors are responsible to the workers they hired. It is not the responsibility of developers. Despite this we are providing the migrant workers with food allowance," says the developer.
It is learnt that the contractor makes a huge profit by supplying the workers. "They should have worked out an alternative for difficult times. I have to pay my employees at this difficult times. I can't say that the EMIs are not being paid so I won't pay them. The responsibility lies solely on the contractors. They are using this to blackmail us," he says.
Kumar says the workers around 300 of them protested for two hours following which a police officer intervened and held talks with the supervisor who promised to that the isuue will be sorted out within a week.
"Now we are hoping that we are paid the salary after a week. Most of our families are in distress," says Kumar.
Thursday, April 16, 2020
writingonblog uncensored: TN preparing operational guidelines to kickstart e...
writingonblog uncensored: TN preparing operational guidelines to kickstart e...: C Shivakumar @ CHENNAI: Industries in the state are awaiting clarity from the state to kickstart the activity after Centre gave green ligh...
IATA offering free access to online training courses
Geneva:
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) is offering free access to online training courses for up to 5,000 aviation workers as part of its efforts to help the industry through the COVID-19 crisis.
Current employees—or those who wish to become a part of the aviation or related industries--can select one from six of IATA’s most popular e-learning courses to strengthen their industry knowledge and skills:
Aviation Competition Law
Destination Geography
Travel Agency Fees: A Professional Approach
Accounting and Financial Management for Travel Agencies
Geography in Travel Planning
Distribution and Airline Retailing
‘’Aviation will make it through the COVID-19 crisis. That’s because, as with past crises, the many great people of this industry will pull together to face the challenges head-on. In a salute to the women and men of this industry, IATA is making a small contribution to support the sector’s recovery with free training. These are tough times but we wanted to see the opportunity of the future, and what better way than through learning,” said Stéphanie Siouffi, IATA’s Director of Training.
Courses will be allocated on a first-come-first-served basis for 5,000 online training opportunities. Applications must be received before 27 April 2020. To learn more or register for an online course, www.iata.org/en/training-staystrong.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) is offering free access to online training courses for up to 5,000 aviation workers as part of its efforts to help the industry through the COVID-19 crisis.
Current employees—or those who wish to become a part of the aviation or related industries--can select one from six of IATA’s most popular e-learning courses to strengthen their industry knowledge and skills:
Aviation Competition Law
Destination Geography
Travel Agency Fees: A Professional Approach
Accounting and Financial Management for Travel Agencies
Geography in Travel Planning
Distribution and Airline Retailing
‘’Aviation will make it through the COVID-19 crisis. That’s because, as with past crises, the many great people of this industry will pull together to face the challenges head-on. In a salute to the women and men of this industry, IATA is making a small contribution to support the sector’s recovery with free training. These are tough times but we wanted to see the opportunity of the future, and what better way than through learning,” said Stéphanie Siouffi, IATA’s Director of Training.
Courses will be allocated on a first-come-first-served basis for 5,000 online training opportunities. Applications must be received before 27 April 2020. To learn more or register for an online course, www.iata.org/en/training-staystrong.
TN preparing operational guidelines to kickstart economy
C Shivakumar @ CHENNAI:
Industries in the state are awaiting clarity from the state to kickstart the activity after Centre gave green light for for a phased restart of economy during the lockdown by issuing guidelines.
B C Datta, Convenor, Ease of Doing Business Panel of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Tamil Nadu and Hyundai vice-president told Express that Industries are discussing with the state government on what all procedures should be taken to bring back the workforce post-lockdown following the categorisation of hotspots in the state.
"We are looking at options as any further delay in manufacturing will be financially stressful," said Datta. he said while pharmaceuticals and agriculture department has clear guidelines, the automobile sector lacks clarity as it is not only one unit but the vendors also have to start production.
A government official said that the state is working on operational guidelines which would be announced prior to April 20.
Meanwhile, Industry chambers have welcomed the move by the Centre. K Hari Thiagarajan, Chairman of Confederation of Indian Industry, Tamil Nadu State Council welcomed the guidelines issued by the Central Government which are extremely relevant and give comfort to industry about the phased restart of the economy. "CII welcomes the strategic relaxation of key economic activities from 20 April as opening of manufacturing facilities in rural areas will provide a lot of relief to small enterprises and workers," he said.
Ramkumar Ramamoorthy, President of The Madras Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) said that keeping the engines of the economy running is important to balance both lives and livelihood.
Thanking the government for announcing these relaxations with important guidelines around protecting the health and wellbeing of employees, MCCI said that industries will use the period from April 20 to May 3 as an opportunity to slow-crank the engine with limited person-power from the same locality or neighborhood, and in a calibrated fashion, ready themselves for expanded operations in the weeks and months ahead.
"It is important that the industries behave responsibly during this period as they shoulder an equal if not bigger responsibility to make the lockdown exit seamless and scalable,” he said.
Meanwhile, Confederation of Real estate Developers Association of India has urged the Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister to open the construction sector during the lockdown. During a meeting with Deputy Chief Minister O Paneerselvam and Housing secretary Rajesh lakhani, Credai chiarman S Sridharan has ensured social distancing will be maintained and due care will be given for hygienic environment for staff and workers. he also urged the state to permit movement or transport of steel and cement to construction sites.
According to KPMG, total projects worth more than Rs 59,000 billion in India are under development, most of which would have been impacted severely by COVID-19. the report has stated India’s goal of becoming a USD5 trillion economy rests on the construction of critical infrastructure under the National Infrastructure Plan.
Meanwhile, Forum for IT Employees (FITE) has raised concern over the centre allowing allowing IT industry to function with 50 per cent of workforce. "IT companies are working in centralized air conditioned rooms which has all the possibilities of becoming the hotspot of corona virus spread as the Metro cities and municipal corporations like Chennai, Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru, Pune are in the corona virus affected red zones," said Parimala, president of FITE.
She said the the order of Ministry of Home Affairs to allow IT Industry to function with 50 per cent workers is not advisable considering the scale of pandemic. Moreover IT Industry is functioning without much disturbance for business with Work from home option during the lock down, she added.
Industries in the state are awaiting clarity from the state to kickstart the activity after Centre gave green light for for a phased restart of economy during the lockdown by issuing guidelines.
B C Datta, Convenor, Ease of Doing Business Panel of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Tamil Nadu and Hyundai vice-president told Express that Industries are discussing with the state government on what all procedures should be taken to bring back the workforce post-lockdown following the categorisation of hotspots in the state.
"We are looking at options as any further delay in manufacturing will be financially stressful," said Datta. he said while pharmaceuticals and agriculture department has clear guidelines, the automobile sector lacks clarity as it is not only one unit but the vendors also have to start production.
A government official said that the state is working on operational guidelines which would be announced prior to April 20.
Meanwhile, Industry chambers have welcomed the move by the Centre. K Hari Thiagarajan, Chairman of Confederation of Indian Industry, Tamil Nadu State Council welcomed the guidelines issued by the Central Government which are extremely relevant and give comfort to industry about the phased restart of the economy. "CII welcomes the strategic relaxation of key economic activities from 20 April as opening of manufacturing facilities in rural areas will provide a lot of relief to small enterprises and workers," he said.
Ramkumar Ramamoorthy, President of The Madras Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) said that keeping the engines of the economy running is important to balance both lives and livelihood.
Thanking the government for announcing these relaxations with important guidelines around protecting the health and wellbeing of employees, MCCI said that industries will use the period from April 20 to May 3 as an opportunity to slow-crank the engine with limited person-power from the same locality or neighborhood, and in a calibrated fashion, ready themselves for expanded operations in the weeks and months ahead.
"It is important that the industries behave responsibly during this period as they shoulder an equal if not bigger responsibility to make the lockdown exit seamless and scalable,” he said.
Meanwhile, Confederation of Real estate Developers Association of India has urged the Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister to open the construction sector during the lockdown. During a meeting with Deputy Chief Minister O Paneerselvam and Housing secretary Rajesh lakhani, Credai chiarman S Sridharan has ensured social distancing will be maintained and due care will be given for hygienic environment for staff and workers. he also urged the state to permit movement or transport of steel and cement to construction sites.
According to KPMG, total projects worth more than Rs 59,000 billion in India are under development, most of which would have been impacted severely by COVID-19. the report has stated India’s goal of becoming a USD5 trillion economy rests on the construction of critical infrastructure under the National Infrastructure Plan.
Meanwhile, Forum for IT Employees (FITE) has raised concern over the centre allowing allowing IT industry to function with 50 per cent of workforce. "IT companies are working in centralized air conditioned rooms which has all the possibilities of becoming the hotspot of corona virus spread as the Metro cities and municipal corporations like Chennai, Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru, Pune are in the corona virus affected red zones," said Parimala, president of FITE.
She said the the order of Ministry of Home Affairs to allow IT Industry to function with 50 per cent workers is not advisable considering the scale of pandemic. Moreover IT Industry is functioning without much disturbance for business with Work from home option during the lock down, she added.
Tuesday, April 14, 2020
writingonblog uncensored: TN to use equipment from academic institutions to ...
writingonblog uncensored: TN to use equipment from academic institutions to ...: C Shivakumar @ CHENNAI: In a bid to increase testing capacity in its laboratories, the state government will be transferring real time re...
TN to use equipment from academic institutions to boost testing in health institutions
C Shivakumar @ CHENNAI:
In a bid to increase testing capacity in its laboratories, the state government will be transferring real time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (PCR) equipment from seven universities to health institutions.
The Higher education secretary has written to the registrars of the Madras University, Bharatiar University, Bharatidasan varsity, Periyar University, Manonamaniam Sundarnar University, Madurai Kamaraj University and Alagappa University to temporarily divert equipment which was earlier used for academic purpose.
This comes after Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on Saturday requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to provide COVID-19 rapid test kits and a grant of ₹1,000 crore immediately to procure medical and protective materials.
Currently, Madras University has four equipments, including a Quant Studio 5 RT-PCR equipment which will be diverted to State Public Health Laboratory in DMS Campus, Stanley Medical College, Kilpauk Medical College and CDH Tondiarpet.
Similarly, Bharatiar University, which has five such equipment including a Quant Studio 5 euipment, will be diverting it to Coimbatore Medical College, Tirunelveli medical college, ESI Government Medical college and IRT Government Medical College while Bharatidasan University which has two such equipment will be diverting it to Medical College Trichy.
Meanwhile two equipments in Periyar will be transferred to Medical College, Karur and salem, one in Manonmaniam Sundarnar University will be transfeed to Medical College, Tirunelveli, two in Madurai Kamaraj University will be transferred to Medical college Theni and Medical college in Madurai. The equipment in Alagappa University will be provided to Sivaganga Medical College.
The COVID-19 RT-PCR equipment couold be used as a real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction(rRT-PCR) test for the qualitative detection of nucleic acid from SARS-CoV-2 in upper and lower respiratory specimens (such as nasopharyngeal or oropharyngeal swabs, sputum, lower respiratory tract aspirates, bronchoalveolar lavage, and nasopharyngeal wash/aspirate or nasal aspirate) collected from individuals suspected of COVID-19 by their healthcare provider.
The machines has been mandated to be handled by hospital technicians and the required consumables will be arranged by the health department.
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writingonblog uncensored: Electronic documents for clearing imports during l...: CHENNAI: In a move that will help movement of essential goods and commodities through customs following the lockdown due to Covid 19 Pand...
Electronic documents for clearing imports during lockdown allowed by CBIC
CHENNAI:
In a move that will help movement of essential goods and commodities through customs following the lockdown due to Covid 19 Pandemic, the Union Finance Ministry has allowed importers and customs brokers to give electronic out of charge copies of bill of entry and eGatepass from April 15.
This will ease the difficulties posed during the Covid 19 pandemic by reducing interface or contact with authorities and will enable easier movement of goods to move out of customs areas after checks, besides reducing costs, a customs official told Express.
The official said that this is a big boost to expedite trade and prevent corruption
. "Now Customs Department will be working with International standards," the official said.
The circular by Central Board of Indirec Taxes and Customs, which was issued to all Principal Chief Commissioners of Customs on Monday states that the specific measures that reduce interface between the Customs authorities and the importers, exporters and Customs Brokers are especially relevant in these challenging times, to tackle the scourge of Covid-19 pandemic.
"This electronic passes will replace physically signed documents and do away with the requirement of taking bulky printouts from the service centre, and maintenance of voluminous physical dockets in the customs houses," the circular stated.
In a move that will help movement of essential goods and commodities through customs following the lockdown due to Covid 19 Pandemic, the Union Finance Ministry has allowed importers and customs brokers to give electronic out of charge copies of bill of entry and eGatepass from April 15.
This will ease the difficulties posed during the Covid 19 pandemic by reducing interface or contact with authorities and will enable easier movement of goods to move out of customs areas after checks, besides reducing costs, a customs official told Express.
The official said that this is a big boost to expedite trade and prevent corruption
. "Now Customs Department will be working with International standards," the official said.
The circular by Central Board of Indirec Taxes and Customs, which was issued to all Principal Chief Commissioners of Customs on Monday states that the specific measures that reduce interface between the Customs authorities and the importers, exporters and Customs Brokers are especially relevant in these challenging times, to tackle the scourge of Covid-19 pandemic.
"This electronic passes will replace physically signed documents and do away with the requirement of taking bulky printouts from the service centre, and maintenance of voluminous physical dockets in the customs houses," the circular stated.
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MSME plea to Finance Minister not to impose NPA norms for two years post lockdown
CHENNAI:
The Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises has urged the Union Finance Minister Niramala Seetharaman to direct Reserve bank of India and the banks not to impose Non Performing Assets (NPA) norms for MSME units for a period of two years post-Covid-19 lockdown.
K V Kanakambaram, president of The Industrial Estate Manufacturers Association said that it will take more than six months to one year for MSME sector to be revived post lockdown as all are dependant on big companies for orders to survive.
"We feel that at this crucial time, the three months moratorium of interest and principal will not be sufficient for this sector as all the units will face severe liquidity crunch and majority of the units in the MSME sector will be forced to close down," Kanakambaram said.
He also urged the Finance Minister to instruct the RBI and all the banks to provide financial packages for MSME sectors with a long repayment period of 60 months with at attractive interest rate of 7 per cent for the MSME sector for all types of loans including working capital loans, terms loans, mortgage loans, term loans for machinery etc since all these loans have been given by taking sufficient collateral loans from the entrepreneurs.
MSME entrepreneurs during the times of crisis always will take it as a personal issue and settle the loans whenever the loans turn NPA by selling the house, land and jewels and again start and MSME unit, therefore the banks don’t have to fear about the loans not being recovered from our MSME community, he said in a letter to Union Finance Minister.
The Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises has urged the Union Finance Minister Niramala Seetharaman to direct Reserve bank of India and the banks not to impose Non Performing Assets (NPA) norms for MSME units for a period of two years post-Covid-19 lockdown.
K V Kanakambaram, president of The Industrial Estate Manufacturers Association said that it will take more than six months to one year for MSME sector to be revived post lockdown as all are dependant on big companies for orders to survive.
"We feel that at this crucial time, the three months moratorium of interest and principal will not be sufficient for this sector as all the units will face severe liquidity crunch and majority of the units in the MSME sector will be forced to close down," Kanakambaram said.
He also urged the Finance Minister to instruct the RBI and all the banks to provide financial packages for MSME sectors with a long repayment period of 60 months with at attractive interest rate of 7 per cent for the MSME sector for all types of loans including working capital loans, terms loans, mortgage loans, term loans for machinery etc since all these loans have been given by taking sufficient collateral loans from the entrepreneurs.
MSME entrepreneurs during the times of crisis always will take it as a personal issue and settle the loans whenever the loans turn NPA by selling the house, land and jewels and again start and MSME unit, therefore the banks don’t have to fear about the loans not being recovered from our MSME community, he said in a letter to Union Finance Minister.
Thursday, April 9, 2020
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Now fresh vegetables at your door step; CMDA ties up with Zomato, Swiggy, Dunzo; Launches 100 mobile carts to cater to flats, societies
C Shivakumar @ CHENNAI:
In a bid to ensure social distancing is maintained in crowded areas and provide essentials through mobile carts, the Market Management Committee along with Swiggy, Zomato and Dunzo has started delivering
vegetables at the doorstep at a reasonable rate.
A Market Management Committee official told Express that the initiative was taken to ensure social distancing is being maintained in the crowded.
The idea is to distribute 30 tonnes of vegetables per day using around 100 vehicles to every nook and corner of the city. "The vehicles will be sent to housing societies, residential areas and flats where there is minimum demand from 25 families," the official said.
The idea is to keep the crowd away from the Koyambedu market and also ensure vegetables are provided to people at a reasonable rate, the MMC official told Express.
On Wednesday, a total of 35 vehicles vehicles had been distributing vegetables. "We sold all vegetables except onions, potatoes and cabbage. We are not involving CMDA officials in sales and procurement of vegetables. rather taking the help of cooperative societies staff and daily wage workers," the official said.
Similarly, MMC says they have tied up with Swiggy, Dunzo and Zomato. "Today, Zomato has been selling the vegetables as the service is now available in their app. We are in talks with Swiggy and Dunzo and we expect them to be part of the initiative from Thursday," said the official.
Meanwhile, another official told Express that in the initial stages there were hiccups as some orders directly came through Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority website. "Since these were individual orders, we will be redirecting it to Swiggy or Zomato. These hiccups will be there initially and it will be sorted out soon," the official added.
Pratap Premnath, City Operations Head - Online Ordering at Zomato Chennai, said that it is their first such endeavour and a positive one with about 15 to 20 per cent of groceries include vegetables from Koyambedu wholesale market. "We have tied up with Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority. The endeavour is more people centric and we our using our vast fleet of riders to supply vegetables. We have three different combo packs starting from Rs 220," he said.
Premanath says the margins are not that high as those in processsed and cooked food. S Chandran, Market management Committee Licensed Merchants Association President and Anaithu Sangankalin Kootamaipu general secretary, told Express that he welcomed the initiative as it would help in maintaining social distancing and provide fresh vegetables to far off places where people are devoid of it.
Monday, April 6, 2020
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India's auto hub to help medical equipment makers ramp up manufacturing of ventilators
C Shivakumar @ CHENNAI:
The auto hub of India is all geared to help manufacture ventilators for the entire country by tying up with medical equipment makers to ramp up their production of ventilators to combat Covid-19.
Car major Hyundai has tied up French company Air Liquide to ramp up their production while another car manufacturer Nissan has tied up with Trivitron to ramp up its capacity of manufacturing ventilators.
"The ventilators manufactured by Trivitron and Air Liquide will not only be delivered to the state hospitals but acrosss India to combat Covid-19," Industry sources said.
This comes after Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edapaddi K Palaniswami came out with a fresh package of incentives to promote manufacturing medical equipment and drugs.
Speaking to Express Hyundai vice-president B C Datta confirmed to Express that they have tied up with French ventilators maker Air Liquide to ramp up their production. "With France battling Covid-19, we have taken it upon ourselves to provide Air Liquide with adequate support, electronic gadgets and supply chain to manufacture the ventilators," said Datta.
"Usually, Air Liquide was making 30 to 40 ventilators a month. Now we are ramping up their facilities so that they can provide the same in a day. The facility is already there and once the ramp up is done, the manufacturing will start by the beginning of next month or by the end," said Datta.
Similarly, Trivitron with the help of Nissan will be ramping up their manufacturing facility to provide ventilators for the state and India.
Sources told Express that while the timeline for ventilators has been given till July 31, the first set of ventilators is likely to be manufactured by end of next month or beginning of June.
A industry department source confirmed to Express that the Trivitron and Air Liquide has come forward and the state will be supporting them with working capital.
Apart from that the state is also gearing up its production of N-95 masks. VENUS Safety & Health Pvt Ltd, a global quality manufacturer of Neck-up Personal Protective Equipments (PPE), have come forward to manufacture N-95 masks. Similarly, the Personal Protective Equipments will be manufactured in Tiruppur and Coimbatore for entire country and the state.
"These PPEs are likely to be manufactured in a week once the specifications are given," a Industry source added.
This comes after a special incentive package has been sanctioned for the manufacture of ventilators, PPE kits, N-95 masks, multi-para monitors, anti-malarial and anti-viral drugs in the State. The incentives are applicable to both large industries and MSMEs.
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