Small businesses in Maharashtra may soon get a three-month electricity duty waiver. After the declaration of the Centre’s economic package for the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), Maharashtra, India’s most industrialised state, is planning to roll out further measures to protect and restore the sector in the state.
A senior official said the Uddhav Thackeray-led government plans to announce a three-month waiver of fixed monthly electricity charges payable by the MSMEs to cushion the economic damage caused by the lockdown. “The proposal is to waive charges payable by these units between March and June,” the official added.
