NEW DELHI : Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday asked India Inc to clear huge outstanding payments to micro, small and medium enterprises at the earliest in order to ease the distress in the sector and inject liquidity into market.
In a discussion with senior industry members of Ficci via video conferencing, the MSME minister exhorted the industry to clear pending dues owed by them to the units.
The minister assured the industry of full cooperation from the government in restarting their enterprises after the lockdown is lifted. "I would like to request you, major industries also have huge outstanding dues of MSMEs.