To combat the COVID-19 pandemic, the Indian government has imposed an unprecedented three-week national lockdown. While travel and tourism, aviation, hospitality and entertainment will be the worst-hit, sectors such as automotives, which had already been struggling, will see a further collapse. Over 300 million Indians, who are either casual labourers or work in the unorganised sector, will face employment challenges. Stock markets too have tanked—on March 23, the BSE Sensex suffered its worst-ever single-day fall, plunging 3,934 points to 25,981.24. INDIA TODAY spoke to economists and experts across industries to identify the areas of pain and the possible remedies. On March 19, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had said that the government had set up a task force to assess the pain in the economy and come up with a financial…