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Updated: Apr 22, 2020 13:16 IST

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday invited suggestions from the public on the economic stimulus required to uplift the micro, small & medium businesses (MSME) sector which is hard hit by the Covid-19 crisis.

#COVID19 has devastated our micro, small & medium businesses (MSME). The Congress party needs your help. Send us suggestions & ideas for what a MSME economic stimulus package should cover on: http://voiceofmsme.in or our social media platforms. #HelpSaveSmallBusinesses,” Gandhi said on the microblogging site Twitter.

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The Congress party has constituted a panel, headed by former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, which will prepare a detailed plan for revival of MSME along with measures to ensure procurement of wheat, mustard and gram and submit it to the government in a day or two, the party had said on Monday. The committee also looks to come up with a scheme to resolve the issue of stranded migrant due to the coronavirus lockdown.

Apart from the former PM and party president Sonia Gandhi, the 11-member group comprises former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, party’s chief spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala, general secretary in-charge organisation KC Venugopal and former union ministers P Chidambaram, Manish Tewari and Jairam Ramesh.

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The other members of the group are technology and data cell chairman Praveen Chakravarty, spokespersons Gaurav Vallabh and Supriya Shrinate, and social media department head Rohan Gupta.