Nearly 400 million workers in India may sink into poverty due to COVID-19 crisis: UN report
About 400 million people working in the informal economy in India are at risk of falling deeper into poverty due to the coronavirus crisis which is having "catastrophic consequences", and is expected to wipe out 195 million full-time jobs or 6.7 per cent of working hours globally in the second quarter of this year, the UN's labour body has warned.
Apr 08, 2020, 11:20 AM IST