Battered Supply Chains in India Unlikely to Be Restored Soon

Output at India’s production lines are unlikely to be restored before September as workers who fled cities for their rural homes amid the coronavirus pandemic aren’t expected to return until then, new research shows.

While a very small number of migrant workers may return to cities and industrial zones in July, the majority -- worried about getting infected -- will return by August-September, according to the research by Elara Securities Pvt. Some laborers from economically backward states such as Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh showed “inclination to return on being contacted by their employers,” said Garima Kapoor, an economist at Elara in Mumbai.