Unavailability of labour force will impact production, says Maruti Suzuki

Firm sees social distancing norms as a hindrance to productivity as well

India’s largest carmaker today said that the return to normalcy will take time as it solves issues regarding scarcity of labour and alignment of production adhering to social distancing measures.

“There is too much of uncertainty currently to predict when there will be a recovery,” R C Bhargava, Chairman at Maruti Suzuki, said highlighting that a substantial size of workforce has gone away to villages impacting production.

“It’s not easy to get back the manpower which have gone back. The new social distancing protocols also reduces productivity to an extent,” Bhargava said when asked about the time it will take