{"id":65650,"date":"2020-05-19T09:45:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-19T04:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=65650"},"modified":"2020-05-18T16:46:36","modified_gmt":"2020-05-18T11:46:36","slug":"punjab-govt-issues-sops-smes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-govt-issues-sops-smes.html","title":{"rendered":"Punjab govt issues SOPs for SMEs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lahore: The Punjab government on Monday issued new standard operating procedures (SOPs) for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) following the province-wide resumption of business activities after its announced ease in COVID lockdown restrictions, a news source reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-cm-seeks-sops-for-resuming-public-transport.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Punjab CM seeks detailed SOPs for resuming public transport<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As per the publication, it will be mandatory for businesses to display the government-issued SOPs at a prominent place in their shops, which will also be required to have hand-washing facilities and sanitizers. Furthermore, the staff will be required to repeatedly wash their hands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other SOPs for SMEs include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Cashier to wear polythene gloves while handling cash<\/li><li>Shops to clean the surfaces using 0.05% chlorine solution<\/li><li>Waste bins must be placed in the shops<\/li><li>Unnecessary entry into shops not to be allowed<\/li><li>Few customers allowed in the shops at a time<\/li><li>A distance of at least three feet is mandatory<\/li><li>Goods to be non-returnable<\/li><li>Home delivery should be preferred<\/li><li>No air conditioning in closed shops<\/li><li>Customers are asked to avoid wasting time or loiter around in the shops<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pm-khan-emphasises-implementation-sops-combat-covid-19.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PM Khan emphasises implementation of SOPs to combat COVID-19<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The salespeople have been instructed to wash their hands after coming in touch with the products or the customers. The customers will not be able to try on jewellery or garments. Repair and maintenance shops will disinfect every product while receiving and\/or returning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: The Punjab government on Monday issued new standard operating procedures (SOPs) for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) following the province-wide resumption of business activities after its announced ease in COVID lockdown restrictions, a news source reported. Read: Punjab CM seeks detailed SOPs for resuming public transport As per the publication, it will be mandatory for businesses to display the government-issued SOPs at a prominent place in their shops, which will also be required to have hand-washing facilities and sanitizers. Furthermore, the staff will be required to repeatedly wash their hands. Other SOPs for SMEs include: Cashier to wear polythene gloves while handling cash Shops to clean the surfaces using 0.05% chlorine solution Waste bins must be placed in the shops Unnecessary entry into shops not to be allowed Few customers allowed in the shops at a time A distance of at least three feet is mandatory Goods to be non-returnable Home delivery should be preferred No air conditioning in closed shops Customers are asked to avoid wasting time or loiter around in the shops Read: PM Khan emphasises implementation of SOPs to combat COVID-19 The salespeople have been instructed to wash their hands after coming in touch with the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":60804,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15017],"tags":[29540],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-65650","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-notices-announcements","8":"tag-punjab-govt-issues-sops-for-smes","9":"cat-15017-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Punjab govt issues SOPs for SMEs - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lahore: The Punjab government on Monday issued new standard operating procedures (SOPs) for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) following the\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-govt-issues-sops-smes.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Punjab govt issues SOPs for SMEs - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Lahore: The Punjab government on Monday issued new standard operating procedures (SOPs) for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) following the\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-govt-issues-sops-smes.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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