Finance Ministry asks depts, CPSEs to refund 95% of performance/bid security forfeited from MSMEs till March 2022

The Finance Ministry on Monday asked all departments and public sector entities to refund 95 per cent of the performance or bid security and liquidated damages forfeited/deducted from small and medium businesses in government tenders for over two years till March 31, 2022. To give relief to MSMEs, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in 2023-24 Budget … Read more