THE WAY FORWARD...

1. All MSMEs who got money from the government to reinstate all employees they have sacked and pay them salaries.

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2. Find ways to ensure Direct Bank Transfer to those who run small businesses (shops, can drivers, auto drivers, barbers...and the like).

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3. Set up a system to identify and help Economic Migrants who are scattered through Police who will encounter them on roads. The government authorities should be given responsibility to ensure migrants are fed and financially secure.

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4. Open up public transport (primarily buses) to ensure no one is stranded on roads. Police should coordinate these efforts and buses should be directed only to those areas which need them.

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5. Announce a date for lifting lockdown in Green and orange areas. Do not go back on this date. This will create certainty and people & businesses will gear up to work. This will raise hopes.

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6. All garment industries should make sufficient and excess masks on a war footing.

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7. Get ready for re-migration and open different economic centres of the nation at different times.

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8. Free transportation of migrant workers back to the cities they work should be the way the nation shows that their services are valued. The money needed to do this should be monetized.

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9. Production of PPEs and ensuring unhindered availability to all hospitals to be used by those who might be in the frontlines to deal with a potential rise in COVID 19 cases after 'normalcy' returns.

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10. Phased and sustainable economic growth ensuring the growth of all its stakeholders....and attain self-reliance.

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