CHENNAI, Jan. 31 -- The small and tiny industries in Tamil Nadu, reeling under heavy crisis due to a host of issues, have come out with an action plan to revive the sector through a series of measures to revive and reenergise the units.

Tamil Nadu Small and Tiny Industries Association (TANSTIA), an umbrella organisation representing six lakh units that employ more than a crore workers, has asked the Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman to offer some relief which the former hopes would not only save the workers but create more jobs.

"Policies like demonetisation, GST and natural disasters like Chennai floods, landslides and Covid-19 have broken the backbone of these small and tiny units. If the Government is willing to offer the sector...