13 May 2020

Package under Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan announced on 13-May-2020

For MSME

  1. Collateral free automatic loan – For MSME with turnover, 4 year tenure with 1 year moratorium and guaranteed – scheme upto 31st October 2020 (Total Rs. 3 lakh crore for 45 lakh MSME)
  2. Subordinate debt for stressed MSME – Total Rs. 20,000 crore for 2 lakh MSME and 4,000 crore under CGTMSE scheme
  3. MSME with viable business – Funds of funds with corpus of Rs. 10,000 crores equity for MSME, helping leverage 50,000 crores at Daughter fund level for operations and market listing
  4. Definition of MSME same for manufacturing and services: (i) Micro – Investment upto Rs. 1 crore or turnover upto Rs. 5 crore (ii) Small – Investment upto Rs. 10 crore or turnover upto Rs. 50 crore (iii) Medium – Investment upto Rs. 20 crore or turnover upto Rs. 100 crore
  5. For government procurement, tenders upto Rs. 200 crore global tenders will be disallowed
  6. E-market linkage for all MSME as substitute for trade fairs

Any receivables from Government of India will be received in 45 days.

For EPF

  1. Extension of support for EPF contribution of employer and employees extended for June, July and August 2020 (organisations upto 100 employees, 90% earning upto Rs. 15,000 pm)
  2. Statutory EPF contribution for others reduced to 10% (government PSU employers continue at 12%; government employees may contribute 10%)

For NBFCs, Housing Finance Companies and Micro Finance Companies

  1. Rs. 30,000 crore special liquidity scheme for housing finance and microfinance, fully guaranteed by Government of India
  2. Rs. 45,000 crore partial credit guarantee scheme 2.0 for NBFCs

DISCOMS (electricity distribution companies): emergency liquidity injection upto Rs. 90,000 crore to pay Gencos, benefiting ultimate consumers via rebate.

Government contracts: 6-month extension to contractors for central government agency contracts.

Real Estate: Urban development ministry advisory to states/UTs to treat COVID-19 as force majeure in contract execution, extension for 6 months.

Direct Tax

  1. TDS/TCS rates reduced to 25% of existing rates upto 31st March (Rs. 50,000 crore left in people's hands)
  2. All refunds to charitable trusts and non-corporate businesses/professions issued immediately
  3. Income tax return filing due date extended from 31st July/31st October to 30th November
  4. Tax Audit Report extended from 30th September 2020 to 31st October 2020
  5. AY 2018-19 assessment extended from 30th September 2020 to 31st December 2020
  6. Vivad se Vishwas scheme extended to 31st December 2020, no additional payment

AY 2019-20 assessment extended from 31st March 2021 to 30th September 2021.

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