COVID-19 pandemic has crushed informal activities, particularly in developing countries, where large segments of the population are not covered under any existing social protection schemes
(File Photo Courtesy: Twitter) Over 60 per cent of the world’s adult population, numbering about two billion, have been facing a threat to their survival. They are informal workers, working chiefly in informal sector. Informal workers working in formal sectors may add millions to this figure.
COVID-19 had hit them hard, particularly in developing countries, being not covered by existing social protection schemes. The urgent need is to provide a lifeline to them, bringing them […]
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