Best of BS Opinion: Precarious employment, another wave & same old politics

Here are the top BS Opinion articles of the day

Here are the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for Wednesday.

Concerns have begun to grow about the impact of the current wave of the pandemic on livelihoods in India. The Omicron variant, which is highly transmissible but appears to be relatively mild in terms of fatalities, has nevertheless led to reduced mobility and increased public health-related restrictions on economic activity. In this context, our lead editorial notes that the government will need to re-examine its portfolio of short-term palliatives – some cash payouts and free grain supply, the expanded rural employment guarantee, financial relief to smaller enterprises, the