Lok Sabha Debates
Regarding The Plight Of The Informal Workers Due To Corona Pandemic. on 20 March, 2020
Seventeenth Loksabha > Title:Regarding the plight of the informal workers due to Corona pandemic.
SHRIMATI KANIMOZHI KARUNANIDHI (THOOTHUKKUDI): Sir, the Corona pandemic has put the entire humanity through a testing time. All the countries, including our Prime Minister, have advised people about social distancing and to stay back at home as far as possible. All of us have supported it and we welcome it. But, Sir, only some companies and factories have allowed their employees to work from home. We all understand that 81 per cent of our workforce belongs to the informal sector. We have to take into consideration the livelihood of cab drivers, auto drivers, domestic help, people who work at restaurants, and agricultural wage workers. Their lives are going to be affected and their income may become nil.
The Prime Minister, in his speech yesterday, has promised an economic task force. I would urge the Government to take into consideration the plight of these informal workers and give them first priority so that their livelihood and their families will be protected.
माननीय अध्यक्ष : श्री कुलदीप राय शर्मा और श्री बी.मणिक्कम टैगोर को श्रीमती करुणानिधि कनिमोझी द्वारा उठाए गए विषय के साथ संबद्ध करने की अनुमति प्रदान की जाती है ।