alongside stimulus the industry also expects measures from the government to bring migrant workers back so that industrial units can ramp up their currently underutilized production capacitiesbattling the problems of working capital crunch and revenue shortfalls triggered by dwindling demand after the lockdown micro small and medium enterprises msmes are among the worst hit in the pandemic industry experts therefore feel that time is ripe for a second stimulus from the government they say the stimulus must be aimed at strengthening the industry so that it can provide more employment put disposable incomes in peoples hands and thus help revive demand advt the time to introduce a stimulus package is now the government cannot keep feeding the population through its own funds as there will be a limitation said rahul mehta chief mentor and immediate past president clothing manufacturers association of india cmai he was speaking at a session on msmes reigniting growth conducted as part of tois fourday virtual conclave getting back dhandho making gujarat future positive the next stimulus package needs to be aimed at the industry which can take care of the populations wellbeing by providing employment mehta said measures are needed to strengthen business and industry by incentivizing additional consumption as well as productionmehta also emphasized the need to incentivize labouroriented industries employment is the biggest concern and thus there is a need to incentivize such industries he said the government must decide its priorities and incentivize various sectors in a way that the largest percentage of population is coveredthe session on msmes was moderated by sunil parekh advisor to zydus cadila group and jubilant bhartia group and the founding curator of ahmedabad global shapers a world economic forum initiativethe governments move to enable the msmes to participate in the process of tenders below rs 200 crore and barring global players give a huge opportunity parekh said however the government must play a facilitating role to not just simplify the procurement system but also create awareness about it and handhold industries advt m thennarasan vicechairman and managing director of gujarat industrial development corporation gidc hailed the government of indias decision to allow only domestic players for tenders up to rs 200 crore msmes have a huge role to play here he said the antichina sentiment globally can be converted into an opportunity with which the msme sector can help position india as a global leaderindustry players also felt the need for measures to encourage msmes to export and compete in the global market this is the right time to promote exports because the majority of msmes have been catering to big companies said chintan thaker cochair assocham gujarat state council who is also the head of group corporate affairs and strategic planning at welspun group if exporters are incentivized by helping them compete in the global market with competitive pricing it will have a positive cascading effect on the smaller industries in turn thaker saidworking capital woes faced by industries in handling overhead costs was