lucknow chief minister yogi adityanath welcomed the economic package announced by union finance minister nirmala sitharaman on wednesday saying that it would go a long way in strengthening the msme sector in the countrythe rs 3 lakh crore package for msmes would benefit them tremendously this will also give a new direction to the pms call for making local global now not only will the country be successful in emerging from the corona crisis but will also become a selfreliant global economic power he saidthe cm said that up has the largest number of msme units in the country which employ about 3 crore peopleup he said had already started the odop project to revive the msme sector and the newly announced package would address the slowdown due to the corona lockdownkeeping the msme sector in mind we have already held a meeting of state level bankers committee from may 14 we are going to start an online loan mela for msmes in this we will disburse loans of rs 16002000 crore to more than 36000 msme units the cm saidindustry body cii also welcomed the package chandrajit banerjee director general cii said the most important announcement with long term implications is the quantum jump in definition of msme the measures on construction real estate and tax payments add to ease of doing business and reduce the compliance burden for enterprises while infusing confidence among entrepreneursstate general secretary of laghu udhyog bharti deepak agarwal also welcomed the special economic package samir gupta chairman of a private company and a young entrepreneur said the stimulus package would significantly boost industry confidencepackage will make india selfreliant says msme min msme minister sidharth nath singh said the package was the right step in making india selfreliant pm narendra modi has brought a game changer in msme sector pm modis rs 20lakh crore special stimulus package and finance minister nirmala sitharamans series of funds allocations to revive the pandemicstressed economy would be a gamechanger and help cm yogi adityanaths achieve the dream of turning up into a 1trillion economy the minister saidtalking to toi the minister said the special package has not only silenced the opposition but also drawn a roadmap for making india selfreliant and a global leader the pms new mantra of vocal about local will empower rural and urban india and help the chief minister realise his dream odop programme also the governments decision of not allowing global tenders in projects of rs 200crore would strengthen the msme sector