CAPTAINS PUT BEST FOOT FORWARD
It is in difficult times that true leaders emerge. And, these truly are extraordinary times. As India goes under a protracted lockdown, the list of those facing an economic tragedy is running into millions.
As India faces the coronavirus threat with grim courage, captains of India Inc., too, are locked down in their homes. In spite of a near certainty that most of them will suffer serious losses in their business, some of them are showing serious social commitment by compensating contract workers not on payroll and offering medical assistance to employees as well as public. Others are looking to divert their manufacturing facilities to produce things that are in great demand due to the spread of the pandemic, including ventilators, soaps and hand sanitisers. A few have publicly promised to retain their employees, though production at their plants has been halted. Tata Trusts Chairman Ratan Tata, Reliance Industries CMD Mukesh Ambani, Bajaj Group Chairman Rahul Bajaj, Vedanta Group Chairman Anil Agarwal, Hindustan Unilever CMD Sanjiv Mehta and
