No Record Of MSMEs That Shut During Lockdown, Says Government
And now the centre has claimed that do not have a record of medium and small businesses (MSME) that have closed during the pandemic.
The central government received a lot of criticism during the early stages of the lockdown for neglecting migrant workers. It garnered criticism again for claiming that it has no data on the deaths of migrant workers.
More recently, the government also said it did not have any data on the number of healthcare workers that died during COVID.
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And now the centre has claimed there's no record of the number of medium and small businesses (MSME) that have closed during the pandemic.
Pratap Chandra Sarangi was asked about the number of small and medium businesses that closed shop from March to August 2020. The Minister of State for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) replied in a statement to Rajya Sabha, ¡®COVID-19 epidemic has temporarily affected various sectors including micro, small scale enterprises which also affected job scenario. No such record is available¡¯.
In addition he said, there was no data on the number of MSMEs closed down from FY 2014-15 to FY 2019-20 either.
This is how people responded to this news:
Look at the audacity of the system to enter the state of complete denial, no if no buts whatsoever! From migrants to frontline workers and now this. Asleep with eyes & ears open to watch the whole country collapse! #justsaying #SaveMSME @minmsme pic.twitter.com/7YfFU66Bam
¡ª Shraddha Gupta (@shraddhag1995) September 20, 2020
Bhai Sahib konsa Data hai aap ke pass, everyday it is the same thing I don't have data. The Indian government sounds more like a kid who doesn't know the answer to any question that teacher asks... Nalayak kahin ke
¡ª Davinder Deep Singh ?????? ??? ???? (@Davinderdeep) September 19, 2020
Kisi chiz ka data Hain govt ke paas
¡ª akash ???? (@akash_d21) September 19, 2020
This Govt is amazing if thy don¡¯t have any Data how are thy making policies and taking decisions
¡ª gauravsobti (@jamcat12345) September 19, 2020
No Data, no compensation
¡ª thaNAMOs (@kabirazad2017) September 19, 2020
No tests, no cases
No FIR ,no crime
No data, no suicides by farmers
No data, no deaths of healthcare staff
No data, no PMcares
Wah re duffer govt, kisi ka data nhi hai pr rhea or suhsant ka sara data available hai thoo
¡ª ravi (@kumarravikant21) September 19, 2020
Hey, remember when this government wanted to create a new database for all the citizens of India.
¡ª mani maran (@mani522) September 19, 2020
What data do you this government people maintain then, that is apart from IT cell memes and msgs?
¡ª raman boolchandani (@ramanonline) September 19, 2020
Wait for few days, Govt will announce There is "NO OFFICIAL LOCK DOWN ANNOUNCED BY THE CENTRAL GOVT. IN MARCH"
¡ª A.A.A. (@TubeHOF) September 19, 2020
The Indian Medical Association (IMA) said the act amounts to "abdication of duty and abandonment of the national heroes who have stood up for our people", a day after the govt said it did not have data on deaths of healthcare workers.
¡®Honourable Minister for state Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey has stated that public health and Hospitals come under states and so the insurance compensation data is not available with the Union Government. This amounts to an abdication of duty and abandonment of the national heroes who have stood up for our people,¡¯ the association said in a release.
Also Read: 155 Heathcare Workers, Including 64 Doctors Have Died Of COVID-19 So Far, Claims Govt
