Labour- The point!

Labour remobilisation is going to be an uphill task for the automotive industry in the coming months as many have already taken the road back to their hometowns. With the current pandemic posting an uncertainty that most of us are unfamiliar with, at least the ones born post the World Wars, life is not going to be the same, and neither is the manner in which contractual labour and manufacturing are looked at in the country.  Interestingly,concerns such as safety and security but most importantly, of being alive, have taken centre stage. And hence,the need of the hour is to ensure extraordinary measures in these unprecedented times both, by the government and industry.  "The fear of survival may not get labour back to the factories in the industry anytime soon after lockdown. It is a tough situation and business will take time to get back to normalcy," says Pankaj Dubey, MD, Polaris India. He says thatfinding labourwill be a tiresome job for the industry and even if one does, "paying them at the same levels would be a challenge as the industry stares at an almost 20% plunge in the business with higher overhead costs."  "If this situation prolongs, not