Apparel Factories, the New -Normal

Apparel manufacturing industry in India was particularly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic mostly because almost 50% of the industry manufactures for exporting which had to stop because the supply chain had come to a halt. The other reason was that most of the workers in apparel manufacturing sector were migrant workers who during the lockdown went back to their native places. Once the country started emerging out of the pandemic, factories had reorient themselves to the ‘new normal’, which entailed COVID-19 prevention safety protocols which would be of utmost importance to safeguard health of employees. The research aims to understand the preparedness of Indian apparel manufacturing companies’ as regards health and safety protocols for prevention of COVID-19 spread