ENA State 2020-07-04 14:37:37 <p><strong>New Delhi, Jul 4 (KNN) </strong>Since its outbreak, COVID-19 has not only harmed Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) and economy but it has also snatched jobs &amp; livelihood of migrants and daily wage labourers.</p> <p>In order to compensate and ease the situation of the COVID hit migrants and labourers, the Delhi government has decided to launch a platform to provide jobs to them.</p> <p>While speaking at the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Jasmine Shah, Vice Chairman, Dialogue &amp; Development Commission, Government of NCT of Delhi, on Friday said, the Delhi Government is going to launch a platform to give jobs to the blue collar workers in order to ease the situation of migrant and daily wage labourers. </p> <p>Like any other states, Delhi's economy is facing its worst recession in many decades, the main focus of the e-Conclave was to deliberate upon how to propel Delhi's economic engine.</p> <p>''Almost all sectors which are key for Delhi's economy were discussed extensively at the Conclave,'' an official statement from the CII said.</p> <p> Delhi Government was also the first one to support opening up of the economy after the lockdown. The Government is planning to launch a labour matching platform online for all the job seekers and employers and will facilitate this matchup in the coming times,'' Shah asserted.</p> <p>Rajeev Yaduvanshi, Principal Secretary, PWD, Government of NCT of Delhi said that Delhi has many smaller, non-polluting industries and it is commendable that most of them continued to pay wages to the workers during the lockdown.</p> <p>''Delhi is a very wage sensitive city. This epidemic is not only about tackling the disease, but it has also enhanced certain other challenges that India has already been facing, Yaduvanshi added.</p> <p>Taapsee Pannu, Indian Film Actress too spoke on the issue and said that there are a lot of workers who depend on weekly wages and all of us have decided to take care of them till the time the economy gets back to normal.</p> <p> We all are on the same side of fighting this invisible enemy - the coronavirus together. We need to effectively lead our organizations keeping in mind that the Covid-19 will not disappear anytime soon and we need to manage our economy alongside, said Kanwal Jeet Jawa, Vice-Chairman, CII Delhi.</p> 25380 https://knnindia.co.in/news/newsdetails/state/delhi-govt-to-provide-jobs-to-covid-hit-migrants-labourers 2020-07-04 14:37:37 knnindia.co.in