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Thursday, 26 March 2020

Disaster Management - Managing the Pandemic

We need to have a Disaster Management Plan and Protocol in place. We cannot get up one morning and declare. This is not the way. Let's say we have these graded as I, II, III, IV. The Protocol and Do's and Dont's in each Grade have to be well understood by all in Authority. May be a quarterly drill be conducted so that others can see it on National TV.

If we are to bring home our fellow Indians by Rail, Road, Sea or Air, they all need to be quarantined at specific centers created for the same for a day more than the maximum prescribed by WHO. This will ensure the spread is restricted, while the Nation is on the move. 

Once  the nation declares a situation in Health as Pandemic - Grade IV, and ask all to stay at home/work from home. Then in the organized sector there has to be a % pay cut. The pay cut is equal to what is needed to manage the workers in the unorganized sector and collected in a separate Pandemic Account. This is then distributed to all in the unorganized sector. Money is credited directly to their account. This will ensure the beneficiaries do not suffer from loss of work & pay. They will get maximum 50% of what they normally earn. This ensures survival while all tighten their belt and be together in these trying times.

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