ENA MSME 2021-01-08 06:39:03 <p><strong>Noida, Jan 8 (KNN)</strong> Industry body Noida Entrepreneurs Association (NEA) has urged the Prime Minister Narendra Modi to provide COVID-19 vaccine to labourers working in the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) free of cost.</p> <p>Quoting several media reports in the media, the city-based NEA, in a letter to the prime minister, expressed his worries that the vaccine may cost anything between Rs 200 and Rs 1,000.</p> <p>''The MSME sector employs lakhs of labourers who are aged below 50 years and earn around Rs 15,000 a month. These labourers make an important contribution for the country, work on daily wages and work day and night to manage a living for themselves and their families, Malhan said.</p> <p>He further said that an amount of Rs 1,000 for the vaccine will be a big sum for them to bear.</p> <p>It is requested to you that people working in registered companies in the MSME sector and those dependent on them should be given a priority in vaccination, he urged the prime minister.</p> <p>They could be given the vaccination by the Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) or any other institution free of cost, Malhan added.</p> <p>Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) January 3 formally approved Serum Institute's Covishield and Bharat Biotech's Covaxin for restricted use in India.</p> <p><iframe frameborder="0" height="500" id="mgiframe" src="//mg.mgid.com/mghtml/framehtml/c/k/n/knnindia.co.in.338951.html" width="100%"></iframe></p> 26252 https://knnindia.co.in/news/newsdetails/msme/nea-urges-pm-to-provide-free-covid-19-vaccine-to-msme-workers 2021-01-08 06:39:03 knnindia.co.in