Best of BS Opinion: Unify the labour market, coronavirus outbreak, and more

Here's a selection of Business Standard Opinion pieces for the day

The prime minister announced an address to the nation today at 10 a m, and the Twitter jokes were instantly in full flow. One wag has him ordering the nation to curse China from their balconies at 5 p m, another suggests Amit Shah will ask people to display their documents from their balconies, a reference to the now forgotten National Population Register exercise. But the serious consequences of the lockdown and its discontents remains the focus of our opinion writers today. Kanika Datta sums up the views.

The government has been decisive on the public health front, but