NEW DELHI: As the restaurant industry stares at significant job losses amid a slump in business due to the covid-19 lockdown and after the government's stimulus package offered little relief to the sector, the National Restaurant Association of India (NRAI) met finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman to seek policy and liquidity support.
Four members of the NRAI that represents the interest of scores of small and large restaurant chains in a video conference with the finance minister on Thursday, discussed key issues, including providing support to the sector that employs over 7 million people, working capital support, and invocation of force majeure on rentals on a par with that offered to the real estate sector. “Within a few days of the