Gadkari asks govt to allow export as PPE production hits 800K units a day

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MSME Minister Nitin Gadkari on Saturday said he has requested the Commerce Ministry to allow export of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) kits, as the country is producing it in large quantities.

Addressing a webinar on the occasion of International MSME Day, Gadkari, who also holds the portfolio of Road Transport and Highways, said about two months ago that India imported PPE kits from China via a special aircraft but now the country's industry and MSMEs were manufacturing thousands of PPE kits per day.

"Now, already I have requested the commerce ministry" to allow export of PPE Kits from India, the