AKSHAY CHAWLA

the impact

To say the impact is catastrophic and long-term is an understatement. It took almost two decades for the restaurant industry to mature and come to a level of any other major global metropolis at least in big cities like Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Delhi etc. The real nonquantifiable impact will be on small businesses which are unstructured and depend hugely on domestic tourism. They directly and indirectly employ a large network of producers, suppliers, employees and vendors.

the recovery plan

Recovery cannot happen without adequate financial support from the government, banks and large financial corporations. For spenders to gain confidence in going out,