Terming the new government notification easing some restrictions a ‘good start to get the economy moving’, the Retailers Association of India (RAI) recently said it looks forward to it being adopted by various state governments. RAI is hopeful of states recognising shopping malls as safe space and allowing those to open for customers in a regulated manner.
The government issued a new notification on May 2 easing some restrictions in the green and orange zones during the third phase of the lockdown beginning May 4.Terming the new government notification easing some restrictions a 'good start to get the economy moving', the Retailers Association of India (RAI) recently said it looks forward to it being adopted by various state governments. RAI is hopeful of states recognising shopping malls as safe space and allowing those to open for customers in a regulated manner.#
"We hope that the government does recognise the safe space that malls provide for shoppers and opens them up in a regulated manner," RAI said in a statement.
The retail industry is still awaiting fiscal aid and policy support to survive the pandemic, the statement added.
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