Hotel industry presents wish-list of remedies in webinar with Piyush Goyal

Minister says he isn't anti-five-star, insists the state is willing to help, but hotels also need to come together as a sector

In a live Webinar chat with Union Minister of Commerce and Industry and Railways Minister Piyush Goyal,  representatives of the hospitality sector outlined a list of palliative measures such as tax-breaks, lower electricity charges and foreign income credit, given that hotels have had next to zero income the past few months due to the epidemic-related shutdown. 

The Industry highlighted the requirement to open up local railways, the life-blood of the economy for states like Maharashtra, and to allow for the ESIC Employees' State Insurance Corporation, which has excess funds of Rs 80,000 crore, to fund salaries for the sector, Vice