nature of government responses varies by country since india has implemented a complete lockdown this will have a greater impact on our overall business given that india comprises more than half of our businesswhile indonesia has implemented extreme social distancing guidelines retail shops are open and factories are also functioning at reduced capacity across africa some countries are in full lockdown mode while other are at differing levels of restrictions he saidgcpl said it is gradually ramping up our manufacturing and distribution again for essential items but with a reduced capacity to ensure compliance of safety guidelines and social distancing normsboth production and distribution has been significantly disrupted for the last 10 days what is comforting is that the government is well aware of the challenges in line with its commitment to ensure uninterrupted supply essential items it is working closely with the industry gambhir saidbesides the company is expecting to improve shortage of manpower in coming daysthe big challenge now is labour shortage because of safety and social pressures some migrants have gone back to their towns and villages availability of labour now is the biggest challenge but we are hoping the situation will gradually improveonce there are adequate supplies available we can ramp up production gradually the challenge is really getting the products in retail outlets that is the big problem the other parts of the supply chain will fall in place if we can fix the distribution bit the government is working with various industry partners to help we have seen improvements in last one week he notedindia is presently going through an unprecedented lockdown of three weeks ending on april 14 to prevent the spread of the virus according to the latest report from the union health ministry the total number of covid19 cases crossed the 3300mark pti published on apr 5 2020 at 0717 pm ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etretail app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app fmcg industry coronavirus impact godrej consumer products ltd india lockdown union health ministry homenewslockdown to impact q1 of fmcg industry gcpl