7 lakh employees at electronic and smartphone factories in India to get their full salaries

Chennai: Nearly seven lakh employees, both direct and contract, will get their full pay for the current lockdown period, a senior official at the industry body said.
India is under a lockdown after the coronavirus pandemic started spreading fast. PM Narendra Modi, ordered a 21 day lockdown from Monday night to end on April 14, ambushing most businesses.
The Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) which employs seven lakh people across factories in India, with high concentration in Noida and Sriperumbudur near Chennai has decided to shut down all manufacturing activities as it did not want its workforce battle a pandemic, besides moving people and materials to the factory gates would be tough considering the complete shut down of public transport. “We have decided to follow the collective wisdom of the prime minister and all the units have decided to shut down operation for the 21 day lockdown,” said Pankaj Mohindroo, founder and national president of Indian Cellular Association, the apex body of mobile handset industry in India. “Noida (NCR) is the biggest cluster followed by Sriperumbudur with nearly 25% to 35% of the all workforce.”