The government has started down the road to reopening the economy, giving the green light to various industries and trades to go back to work. Beginning with select industries, the rural economy and the labour-intensive service sector are steps in the right direction,” said a Mumbai-based consultant. On one hand, many companies discovered it was easy to rig up systems that allowed most work to be done at home. Now, the IT companies have been allowed to have 50 per cent of their staff back in office. Reopening of the economy, even in a phased manner, is fraught with Covid-19 transmission perils.

Source: The Telegraph April 15, 2020 17:26 UTC