The pandemic has impacted all sectors and most of them are now limping back to normalcy FP Staff January 31, 2021 23:35:40 IST Funding fintechs. Image courtesy CNBC-TV18
Ahead of Union Budget 2021, entrepreneurs across sectors said they believe this is an opportune time for the government to try to rationalise GST rates, compliance processes, FDI policies and ride the buoyancy revenue curves to make it a win-win situation. The pandemic has impacted all sectors and most of them are now limping back to normalcy. In these trying times, backed by government measures and reforms, entrepreneurs shared their concerns and suggested ways to Firstpost about how Budget 2021 could help them get back to their feet sooner.
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Mohib Malgi, 33, quit his well-paying job as a software developer in Montreal and moved back to Mumbai. He wanted to work independently. The reasons were usual: monotony, office politics and low job satisfaction. It s been a year-and-a-half and he doesn t want to go back to full-time work. In office, my colleagues were my world. Now, I have the entire world, he says. He works on projects for companies across the globe. He has worked from hills, beaches, forests, including Gokarna in Karnataka, Goa, Rajasthan. He is currently working from a tiny village, Sainj, in Himachal Pradesh, after spending a month in Bir, again in Himachal. This is life. Why will I ever go back? he says.