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'Soft loan for MSMEs, cash transfers expected'
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SME Times News Bureau | 25 Mar, 2020
As the country goes into a 21-day lockdown starting Wednesday in view of
the coronavirus crisis, Emkay Global Financial Services expects that
the government would offer soft loans for Micro, Small and Medium
Entreprises (MSMEs), cash transfers and restructuring of loans to
provide to the sector which would be severely hit due to the lockdown.
In
a report on Wednesday, Emkay said that for the "first time in living
memory", many industries or SMEs (small and medium enterprises) will be
running on zero revenue for close to a month.
"Even the 'opening
up' after the lockdown is likely to be measured (lest a asecond wave'
hits back). This means that there will be a permanent impact of this
21-day shutdown even into the longer-term numbers (that of funding the
fixed costs when revenues are nil)," it said.
Daily wage earners
in cities could be badly hit as they cannot go back to their hometowns
either, with all public transport being grounded. The share of
unorganised sector is high, and this segment was still emerging from the
back-to-back shocks of demonetization and GST, it noted
"The shutdown could push them to the brink," said the report.
"We
would expect measures like MSME soft loans, loan restructuring, cash
transfers, etc. In addition, at the moment - given the quick decisions
on shutting down public transport - it is unclear if we should be
worried about the disease spreading from urban areas to the rural areas
too," Emkay said.
It said that although some state governments
have offered free food supplies and cash transfers, there is no
nationwide effort announced yet.
On the stock markets, Emkay
Global said that sentiments in the global markets would depend on the
drop of positive coronavirus cases in the US and Europe.
"For
sure, many Indian stocks have fallen to attractive levels. However, we
retain the view that the global capital market sentiment would hinge on
sustained drop in new daily case counts in the US and Europe," it said.
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