Workers make face masks to be distributed among the members of police inside a senior police officer's building during a 21-day nationwide lockdown to slow the spreading of coronavirus in Chennai, India, April 2, 2020. REUTERS/P. Ravikumar - RC2AWF9GWJ0L
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World Bank approves $500 mn program to protect India’s informal sector workers

The World Bank Board of Executive Directors has approved a $500 million program to support India’s large informal workforce and create greater flexibility for states to cope with the ongoing pandemic, future climate, and disaster shocks.   Creating a Coordinated and Responsive Indian Social Protection System (CCRISP) builds on the $1.15 billion Accelerating India’s COVID-19 Social Protection Response […]