"People are more afraid of the laws of Man than God, because their punishment seems to be nearest."

"There's a natural law of karma that vindictive people, who go out of their way to hurt others, will end up broke and alone."

"The clearest way to show what the rule of law means to us in everyday life is to recall what has happened when there is no rule of law."

AWARENESS FOR EXPORTERS


The idea of trading with other countries is undoubtedly very broad. However, most business owners, especially those who are small ventures, are afraid of the payment related risk from other countries. To eliminate these risks, the Government of India set up the Export Credit Guarantee Corporation of India.

WHAT IS EXPORT CREDIT GUARANTEE CORPORATION OF INDIA (ECGC) ?

Export Credit Guarantee Corporation of India Limited (ECGC) is a company entirely owned by the Government of India that provides Indian exporters with export credit insurance support. This company was established in 1957 by GOI, and the Ministry of Commerce and Industry controls all the activities.


WHAT ARE THE FUNCTIONS OF ECGC ?

Below is a list of functions ECGC covers,
● ECGC offers credit risk covers to exporters. The enterprise takes care of the non-payment risks of importers/overseas buyers.
● This enterprise provides credit Insurance covers to banks. Here, they handle the lending risks of exporters and provide support to banks.
● ECGC helps exporters avail themselves of credit facilities from financial institutions.
● It provides Overseas Investment Insurance to Indian companies that are investing in Joint Ventures in foreign countries either in loans or equity.
● As the de!nition, role and purpose of ECGC are now clear to individuals, let's learn about the ways this company helps exporters, the benefits it offers (in the form of insurance, guarantee) and other important details.


HOW DOES ECGC HELP THE EXPORTERS ?

● As stated earlier, ECGC saves Indian exporters from payment risks by providing insurance protection. This kind of initiative helps Indian exporters in various ways,
● E C G C guides business owners in business-related activities.
● This company enables business owners to get easy credit facilities from banks and other financial institutions.
● ECGC provides credit ratings and provides information about different countries, and notifies exporters of the possible risks that may arise from doing business in these counties.
● Further, ECGC provides information regarding the creditworthiness of foreign buyers. Thus, this company not only protects the Indian exporters against credit risks but also from the political and commercial conditions of that country.


WHAT KIND OF RISKS ARE NOT COVERED BY ECGC ?

For businesses related to export, ECGC does not cover certain risks. For example, standard policies of ECGC do not cover losses in the following list of risks :
● Commercial disputes such as quality disputes.
● Loss due to exchange rate fluctuations.
● Loss or damage to goods that can otherwise be easily covered by a general insurer.
● Cases where exporters fail to fulfill or neglect their terms of an export contract.
● If buyers fail to get import or exchange authorization from respective authorities in their countries.
● In cases of default of exporter's agent or of the bank responsible for collecting money.
● Issues arising from the nature of goods.
NOTE :These details of ECGC are purely for creating awareness and provide information of available protective mechanism. Source of information is from digital platform.


AWARENESS FOR MICRO, SMALL & MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (MSME) UNITS

The Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises Development Act 2006 is useful legal platform for the recovery of payments and other matters connected therewith. It helps supplier to get payment in stipulated time period through payment Redressal mechanism.

Recently through notification dated 23/08/2023 the Facilitation Council of state level is now established its working at regional level. Accordingly, delayed payment disputes in which principal claim amount is up to ` 50,00,000=00 (Fifty Lakhs) comes within the jurisdiction of Facilitation Council established at Rajkot. The Rajkot Region Micro Small Enterprises Facilitation Council covers seven districts namely Rajkot, Devbhoomi Dwarka, Jamnagar, Junagadh, Kutch, Morbi and Porbandar.

-> BENEFITS :

Activities to recover the delayed payments through such legal platform helps in

● strengthening micro and small enterprises,
● making active participation of MSE representative,
● bridging for conciliation and alternate dispute resolution services, speedy and time bound Redressal of disputes etc.
NOTE : These details are purely for creating awareness and provide information of available protective mechanism.


વ્યાપાર વાણિજ્ય ક્ષેત્રે જાગૃતતા

● વર્તમાન સમયમાં વ્યાપાર વાણિજ્ય ક્ષેત્રે આપના ધંધાકીય એકમના માધ્યમથી આપ સમગ્ર રાજ્ય સ્તરે, રાષ્ટ્રીય સ્તરે અને આંતરરાષ્ટ્રીય સ્તરે કાર્યશીલ હશો.
આપને અનેકવિધ પ્રવૃત્તિઓ સાથે અનુકૂલન સાધવાનું થતું હશે જેમાં કાયદાકીય જવાબદારીઓ પરત્વે આપ વિશેષ સજાગતા દાખવતા હશો.

● આપે કદાચ એ અનુભવ્યું હશે કે કાયદાકીય જવાબદારીઓ અંતર્ગત આપને અવારનવાર કાયદા નિષ્ણાંતની સલાહ માર્ગદર્શનની જરૂરિયાત ઊભી થઈ હોય, આપે એવું પણ અનુભવ્યુ હશે કે દેખીતી રીતે નાની લાગતી બાબત નિષ્ણાંત કાયદાકીય જ્ઞાનના અભાવને કારણે મોટું સ્વરૂપ ધારણ કરી લેતી હોય, આપને આપના ધંધાકીય વ્યવહારો અંતર્ગત ઉદ્ભવતી જુદી જુદી સમસ્યાઓનો કાયદાકીય હલ નિકાલ કરવો અનિવાર્ય જણાતો હોય, રાષ્ટ્રીય કે આંતરરાષ્ટ્રીય સ્તરના વ્યાપારી એકમો સાથે કરાર, ડીડ, એગ્રીમેન્ટ, નોટિસ, જવાબ-પ્રતિ નોટિસ કરવાની જરૂરિયાત રહેતી હોય તો આપે સચોટ અને નિષ્ણાંત કાયદાકીય માર્ગદર્શન હેતુ આપની કંપની માટે લીગલ એડવાઈઝરની સેવા સુનિશ્ચિત કરી લેવી જોઈએ.

● સંજોગોવસાત જો આપના દ્વારા કોઈ કોર્ટ મેટર દાખલ કરવાની થાય તો તે અંગે પણ આપના લીગલ એડવાઈઝરની સલાહ પ્રમાણે કામ કરવું હિતાવહ છે. ફરિયાદ કરવી દાવા દાખલ કરવા બચાવ કરવો અને કોઈ પણ કાયદાકીય પ્રક્રિયા જે આપે કાર્ય કરવાની થાય તે માટે આપના જ લીગલ એડવાઈઝરની સેવાથી આપનો આત્મવિશ્વાસ વધશે અને આપની રોજિંદી ધંધાકીય પ્રવૃત્તિઓમાં કોઈપણ અવરોધ વગર કાયદાકીય મુદ્દાઓ પણ આપ મેનેજ કરી શકશો. કાયદાકીય જાગૃત્તતા અંતર્ગત આપણે જણાવવાનું કે, આપ અમારી આવી કાયદાકીય વ્યવસાયિક સેવાઓ વાર્ષિક કરાર અથવા તો આપની કાયદાકીય જરૂરિયાત અનુસાર આઉટ સોર્સિંગના માધ્યમથી મેળવી શકો છો.