India Inc woos labourers with healthcare, hostels to get them back at work

Companies to offer better hostel, health, insurance facilities for migrant workers

Facing acute labour shortage, Indian companies are setting up hostel and health facilities, and offering insurance cover to blue-collar workers at their plants/construction sites. The return of workers is important for firms to get production back on track, which fell to record lows in April and May.
 

Chief executives in the real estate, consumer products, automobiles, construction, and textile sectors said they were all expecting workers to re-join in the next 45-60 days, which would help them ramp-up production from July.
 

“Labour is among the biggest problem faced by vendors and, as a result, our supply chain is getting impacted.