NEW DELHI: : As India's massive restaurant industry continues to deal with an unprecedented lockdown that has caused several restaurants to suspend dine-in facilities, and forced some to temporarily shutter down—it is trying to salvage the millions it employs.
The National Restaurant Association of India (NRAI) said it is encouraging employees of restaurants that are temporarily shut to those who are currently out of jobs to take up temporary employment with online grocer BigBasket that is scrambling to fulfill orders across cities as the three-week shutdown has increased the demand for its services, but disrupted the movement of its supplies and delivery executives. "NRAI is allowing and encouraging willing boys to take up temporary
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