Corporate Affairs Ministry assures Nirmala Sitharaman of solving AskMe's pending payment issue

Corporate Affairs Ministry has assured Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman of taking up the pending payment issue of cash-strapped e-commerce firm AskMe on priority basis.
According to a PTI report: Representatives of All India Online Vendors Association (AIOVA) met Sitharaman on the issue of pending payment from askmebazaar.com.
Since the issue raised by AIOVA pertained to Ministry of Corporate affairs, Sitharaman spoke to Corporate Affairs Secretary.
“Corporate Affairs (Secretary) assured Sitharaman that he shall take up the issues raised by AIOVA on a priority basis,” the commerce and industry ministry said in a tweet.
Hit by a cash crunch, e-commerce company AskMe has decided to shut shop, leaving 4,000 staffers jobless.
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