Guntur: MP Galla Jayadev urged Nirmala Sitharaman to consider announcing a special package to migrant workers

Guntur: MP Galla Jayadev urged Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to consider announcing a special package aimed at providing relief and rehabilitation to the migrant workers, who have faced unprecedented hardships over the last few weeks, due to lockdown caused by outbreak of Covid-19.

In a statement, he felt that the series of measures announced by the minister as part of the economic package is a good start to revive the economy which has been facing a downturn even before the Covid-19 crisis.

He expressed confidence that these measures would help in achieving the Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision of becoming self-reliant.

He further said the major beneficiary of the measures announced on Friday is the MSME sector which has been showered with a series of incentives aimed at reviving them and strengthen the local brands to make them globally competitive.