Nilaya Varma, co-founder and CEO of consulting firm Primus Partners, said: “Even amidst the Covid-19 crisis, MSME segment is driving the hopes of the nation to bring it back on the path to recovery. Given financial strain and the already thin margins that the MSME segment works on, further exacerbated by the pandemic, it is ideal for the government to defer any measures which can strain cash flows for such players, for at least a year,” Varma said.