Thread by @rvasisht

In this @SandipGhose is bang on by pointing out that YES India Inc did falter & took their eyes off the ball. Almost everything that the writer says it's very valid. However I think it also needs some wider introspection - not to defend India Inc - but to

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better appreciate the challenges. 1) India geographically has so little space that the so called social distancing is a non implementable idea not becoz a factory or office can't do it but becoz unless society can do it, anything else done within a private space is a cruel joke

2) With extremely poor healthcare, education & digital infra in non mega urban locations nobody in their right mind will want to shift esp when it involves taking a salary cut. In the Indian context orgs may actually need to pay higher for people to move out of cities 3) When

#COVID19 started last year nobody had any clue about anything, instant lockdown disrupted life hugely, nobody knew about #WFH, workers ran away, govt admin was grappling in the dark & politics vitiated this further & above all everybody who fell sick or worse dead had to be cared

for. So when life opened most orgs tried to bring order into life before they could think of futuristic strategies. 4) Really large orgs as I myself have seen physically have managed to address this & plan but that's becoz they had money, resources & numbers. But India Inc is

mostly medium & smaller folks & while they have contributed to failure, they were/ have been fundamentally designed for failure. One simple example - how many smaller or even bigger orgs insure their employees for health, accidental or sudden death? How many delivery boys who zip

around everyday are insured against accidents let alone healthcare/pandemic? Historically most orgs have never done this while logic dictates that even in the most normal situation these are essential. Today to expect these orgs to think of managing a pandemic is impractical.

Now my suggestion - the govt & industry orgs like CII, FICCI, ASSOCHAM, consultants like EY, KPMG etc must prepare a small 1 page guideline on what actions orgs must do at the fundamental level - Insure employees against health, accidents & sudden death, vaccination, hygiene etc

India Inc needs to press the reset button on how they think & IMV I would give the benefit of doubt to India Inc for the current failures but taking a 3rd wave as likely if India Inc is not prepared they deserve to be tarred black & hauled over coals. No further excuses allowed