COVID has unleashed a relatively unique global pandemic with economic, human, and institutional upheavals that haven’t been seen in generations. Economies are in a tailspin, and employment has been one of the biggest casualties beyond direct human health. The collapse of both liquidity and economic activity hits DisComs harder than many other sectors.

India implemented the world’s most stringent nationwide lockdown,[1] and as it enters the period of phased recovery, there will be enormous challenges summarised by two key issues: