FHRAI urges govt to extend loan moratorium by 3 months

27 Aug 2020 Evaluate

The Federation of Hotel and Restaurant Associations of India (FHRAI) said it has urged the government and the Reserve Bank of India to an extend moratorium for additional three months. It said the association have sent written representation to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of State for Finance Anurag Singh Thakur and RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das seeking an extension of moratorium.

Vice-president of FHRAI and president of the Hotel and Restaurant Association of Western India (HRAWI) -- Gurbaxish Singh Kohli said for more than four months, hotels and restaurants have remained shut and have earned no revenue throughout the lockdown. Wherever hotels and restaurants have opened, the footfalls are negligible.

He added that in addition to the monthly outgoings and the statutory levies, hotels and restaurants now have to spend more on employing hygiene and safety measures to follow the standard operating procedures and guidelines issued by central and state governments. He said that due to this, the debt restructuring plan announced by the RBI for the stressed MSMEs is not going to help the hospitality sector. Therefore, the industry has urged that the moratorium be extended by a further three months.

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