Ministry of Home Affairs

The Cyber Coordination Centre (CyCord), under the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), has issued an advisory on secure use of ZOOM Meeting Platform by private individuals. This advisory states that the platform is not for use by Government officers/officials for official purposes.Read More

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Updated Containment Plan for Large Outbreaks of Covid-19. Read More

Commerce and Industries, Government of Karnataka

The state government has published the guidelines for Operating of Industries / Industrial establishments, dated 17-4-2020. Read More

Gujarat Information Bureau, Government of Gujarat

Gujarat Information Bureau has published the guidelines for resumption of industrial and commercial activities from 20 April 2020 in Gujarat. Read More

Industries & Mines Department, Government of Gujarat

Constitution of district-level committees under collectors for implementation of revised guidelines by Union Ministry of Home. Read More

Department of Revenue & Forest, Disaster Management, Relief & Rehabilitation, Government of Maharashtra

Consolidated revised guidelines on measures to be taken for containment of Covid-19 in the State of Maharashtra. Read More

Reserve Bank of India

RBI had announced certain additional regulatory measures aimed at alleviating the lingering impact of Covid19 pandemic on the businesses and financial institutions in India. In this regard, RBI has spelt out the detailed instructions with regard to asset classification and provisioning. Read More

Ministry of New and Renewable Energy

MNRE has initiated action in big way towards setting up new hubs for manufacturing renewable energy equipments in the country to meet both domestic demand and also cater to global demand.Read More

Ministry of Finance

The Central Board of Direct Taxes has said that Income tax refunds to nearly 8.2 lakh small businesses (proprietors, firms, corporate and trusts) worth Rs 5,204 Crore have been issued since 8th April 2020. These income tax refunds would help MSMEs to carry on their business activities without pay cuts and layoffs in Covid-19 pandemic situations. Read More

Ministry of Home Affairs

In the wake of continuing COVID-19 outbreak in the country, Union Ministry for Home Affairs (MHA) has decided to extend the suspension of all existing visas granted to foreigners, except to those belonging to diplomatic, official, UN/international organizations, employment and project categories, till 3rd May, 2020. Read More

Government of Andhra Pradesh

The state government issued an order for extension of lockdown till May 3, 2020 in the State of Andhra Pradesh under Disaster Management Act, 2005. Read More

Bengaluru Customs Commissionerate

The Office of the Commissioner of Customs, City Customs Commissionerate, Bangalore has issued public notice informing of its decision to enable electronic communication of PDF based Final eOoC (electronic Out of Charge), copy of BoE, and e-gate pass to the Importers/ Customs Brokers, to reduce interface between the Customs Authority and the Importers/ Customs Brokers in view of Covid-19. Read More

TAFE

Farm equipment major TAFE is expanding its free tractor rental scheme to Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh to help small and marginal farmers during the coronavirus pandemic. Read More

Ashok Leyland

The company has extendedservice and warranty period by two months. The extension is valid for the customers whose warranty is scheduled to expire in the period of March 15 to April 15, 2020.Read More

Olectra Greentech

Electric bus manufacturer Olectra's parent company MEIL has contributed Rs. 13 crores to various state governments. The company’s employees have donated their one day salary totalling Rs 7,26,664, while Rs 10,00,000 has been added by the automaker. Read More

Sterling and Wilson

Sterling and Wilson Pvt Ltd has announced a BCP (Business Continuity Planning) policy to support employees and implement work from home in these challenging times. Help desks were rapidly set up at regional centres, laptops were made available for everyone, and wherever it was not feasible desktops were installed to facilitate Work from Home for its employees. Read More

Vedanta

Vedanta-Iron Ore Business Karnataka, has provided 500 sanitizer bottles, 2,500 triple layer N95 masks, 500 personal protection kits and an ambulance for medical facilities to the Chitradurga Deputy Commissioner’s office. Read More

NIIT

Skills and talent development company NIIT Limited has specially designed and launched a 'Remote Work Excellence Kit' course to support the fight against Covid-19 crisis. Aimed at helping facilitate remote working for adults, the Remote Work Excellence Kit is suited for corporate executives, small and medium businesspersons, and management students. Read More

Ministry of Defence

Society of Indian Defence Manufacturers (SIDM) in collaboration with the DRDO led by Secretary Department of Defence Research (DD R&D) and Chairman Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) Dr G Satheesh Reddy and other stakeholders organized a webinar on manufacturingPPEs and other products for combating Covid-19. Read More

Hyundai India

Hyundai Motor India has announced that it has joined hands with French company Air Liquide Medical Systems for production and supply of hospital ventilators in India, to help the country's fight against coronavirus. Read More

Tata Power

Tata Power’s Dhaaga initiative has supplied more than 120,000 face masks to bridge a shortage faced during the Covid-19 crisis. Read More

Grant Thomson

Grant Thornton’s Risk advisory team helps organizations maintain the effectiveness of their processes and controls and provide a one-stop solution for their risk and process-related needs. Read More

Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry has launched a webpage, on its website, to appeal to the private sector to support its fight against Coronavirus and contribute to The Community Solidarity Fund against COVID-19. Read More

Mubadala Healthcare

In an effort to support the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Mubadala Healthcare has introduced various initiatives across its assets in cooperation with the Ministry of Health and Prevention, Department of Health in Abu Dhabi and the Dubai Health Authority. Read More

Cargill Foundation

Cargill Foundation supports the MN Central Kitchen in its mission to tackle hunger and layoffs brought on by Covid-19.The Cargill Foundation is also contributing $1 million to add a distribution site in North Minneapolis with Appetite for Change and to support the production of 120,000 meals across all of MN Central Kitchen’s sites. Read More

Pony.ai

Toyota-backed Pony.ai is offering autonomous delivery service in California. The company is using its autonomous electric vehicles to deliver packages from local e-commerce platform Yamibuy to customers in Irvine, California. Read More

Nucleus Network

The company will test the effectiveness and safety of a Recombinant Spike Protein Nanoparticle vaccine, NVX-CoV2373, developed by US based biotechnology company Novavaxto begin 1st human trial of COVID-19 vaccine. Read More

Warehousing Education and Research Council

WERC has published best practices for managing the Coronavirus pandemic in warehouse operations recommended by a panel of warehouse and supply chain leaders during a webinar. Read More

Lear Corp

The global supplier of vehicle components has published a meticulously detailed handbook for reopening its manufacturing facilities while minimizing the potential risks in getting back to work, where and when permitted by law. Read More

MMA

Mobile Marketing Association has launched the Covid-19 Marketer Support Hub as a Central Resource for the Marketing, Media and Tech Industry to Navigate the Current Global Crisis. Read More

Philips

Royal Philips, a global leader in health technology, has announced that it is increasing the production of certain critical care products and solutions to help diagnose and treat patients with the new coronavirus disease. Read More

Marriott International

Marriott International and its more than 7,300 hotels around the world are launching efforts to help communities where they operate during the Covid-19 pandemic. Read More

Special session with IMTMA members (Focus MSME) on Govt. measures to mitigate industry situation resulting from Covid-19 (April 20, 2.30 p.m. - 4.00 p.m.)

This will be a special focus on MSME member companies. This is an invitation from IMTMA to all its members. Members are encouraged to join this meeting and share their views.

2.30 p.m.- 2.35 p.m. : Introductory remarks by Mr.Indradev Babu, President, IMTMA

2.35 p.m. - 2.55 p.m.: Presentation by IMTMA on recommendations to Govt. of India seeking relief measures.

2.55 p.m.- 3.55 p.m. : Interactions with IMTMA members

3.55 p.m.- 4.00 p.m. : Concluding remarks

Register in advance for this meeting by clicking on this ZOOM VC Link.

Understanding Force Majeure clause in the context Covid-19 and beyond (April 21, 11.30 a.m. - 12.45 p.m.)

Please note that the Video Conference session on ‘Understanding Force Majeure clause in the context COVID 19 and beyond’ has now been rescheduled to Tuesday, 21st April 2020 from 11.30 am – 12.45 pm. Participants who have already registered to this session can use the earlier ZOOM VC link sent to their respective email IDs and join the session. In case you need any technical assistance please email to arjun@imtma.in or call 9886649109

Register in advance for this meeting by clicking on this ZOOM VC Link.

IMTMA has set up a section on Covid-19 Policy Advocacy, relevant Notifications, Press notes, Orders and Circulars issued by the Central and State governments, and the Reserve Bank of India are published on the page

IMTMA is pleased to announce formation of “COVID-19 IMTMA Help Desk” for proactively addressing the concerns of Members, specifically related to COVID-19 Government Policies, Financial and Regulatory issues. Members may send their queries by clicking on “COVID-19 IMTMA Help Desk” button in IMTMA homepage www.imtma.in and filling-up the query form