Mumbai: Traders urge CM to relax lockdown curbs from June 1, seek sops for survival
In addition, they want the government to grant concessions in property tax
Traders on Wednesday urged Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray to relax lockdown conditions and allow all the shops including non-essential items to reopen from June 1 for minimum 8 working hours a day.
In a memorandum, Traders United Forum of Maharashtra (TUFOM) has demanded waiver of fixed electricity charges for lockdown period, waiver of professional tax for 2 years, waiver of rent by local bodies till lockdown period is over and waiver of various license fees by local bodies for entire pandemic period and till the lockdown is completely over in Maharashtra.
HC seeks reply of Maharashtra govt, BMC on reliefs for traders amid COVID-19 curbs
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Last Updated: May 25, 2021, 03:02 PM IST
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The petitioners told the HC that since the state had prohibited shops and retailers not dealing with essential items from functioning during the ongoing restrictions, they were facing heavy losses and financial instability.
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The Bombay High Court on Tuesday directed the Maharashtra government and the Mumbai civic body to file their replies to a petition moved by a traders body seeking several reliefs during the ongoing lockdown-like restrictions in the state.
A bench of Justices R D Dhanuka and M J Jamdar was hearing a petition filed by the Federation of Retail Traders Welfare Association.
List steps taken against e-traders supplying non-essentials: Bombay HC orders Maharashtra govt
A Bombay High Court bench of Justices Ramesh Dhanuka and Madhav Jamdar on Tuesday ordered the Maharashtra government to spell out the steps taken to initiate action against e-commerce traders supplying non-essential materials in violation of lockdown restrictions. The bench has further sought to know from the state the steps it proposes to take to formulate a package for retailers, whose businesses are hit due to the pandemic and the subsequent lockdown.
The judges were hearing a petition filed by Federation of Retail Traders Welfare Association (FRTWA), highlighting the huge losses incurred by retailers owing to the pandemic and the lockdown restrictions.