Just after lockdown was lifted, Industries has to face tough time for labour shortage. There was huge migration of labour to their respective home town from top cities across India. The biggest impact to industries was shortage of all kinds of skilled manpower.
The second most impact was material availability supply chain were disrupted. The Economy went in slump it would take a long time for to come to par at all levels.
Unlocking industries and others sector helped people to start life again slow and steady. India has peculiar issue homogonous manpower resource however due to Covid Crisis the very strength became weakness. The dilemma was whether to call people to work or let them be safe at home. The daily life for being at home and working and also to take care of family members was challenge., People struggle to get their daily groceries and essential foods and carry on daily activities.
Post covid situation is tends to grim though all economic activity is opened but some reservation and fear among citizen is seen. Post Covid economy is downward trend.
Industries face issue of skilled manpower and expenditure cost increase for every item on shelf. Currently due to sudden spike in new cases in some region have sentimental effect on entire Population.

Yes! Industries have been adaptive and ready to change though it was force upon. While manufacturing industries suffer. The service industry boomed., Training and services industry got opportunity to work remotely.
The new service born were webinars and virtual meeting, Virtual meeting software and IT Industry like laptop and computers sales are increased. Traditional FMCG and ecommerce industry boomed they finder newer ways to deliver material to customer. The medical industry such as laboratories and demand of health care professionals increased. New services like health advisory in traditional and modern medicine boomed and also sanitizer manufacturers sprung up like anything.

The manufacturing industries six months after lockdown are still having material shortage and supply chain issues due to some restrictions in other region. Overall industries are coming to par with pre covid level, however with pre covid workforce working at factory and all office and admin personnel working from Home.
The working time for all workforce has been increased. The biggest current preventive measures by industries are WFH policy extended to next year 2022. The other preventive measure is maintaining safe distance at factory and staggered office reporting for non manufacturing staff.
Some organization has policies for personnel to visit office alternate days. Apart from stand social distancing policies like hand wash wearing mask and limited interaction with other members of the factory. Investment in Digital and virtual meeting has been incase 100x.Some IT firms have taken permanent WFH to almost 50%.

India and Japan has very long term relationship. Since 60 years the partnership has been grown leaps and bounds. There have been various Japanese clusters setup across India. 300 companies cluster is setup in Gujarat and Maharashtra. And there are organizations like Maruti Suzuki, Toyota, Nissan, Honda, Panasonic, Daikin & Mitsubishi. While Japanese manufacturing philosophy & way of thinking is not followed in India. Japanese manufacturers face the biggest challenge of handling manpower and Labour. There has been some troubles between Management and Labour in recent past.

There is lot of advantage for Japanese manufacturers since India is being hub for low cost labour and infrastructure. There has been lot of Japanese companies in India who have been succeeded. Maruti Suzuki is top most supplier & maker of cars in India followed by Honda for Bike and scooters and Toyota for their quality cars have be iconic brand in India. However the challenges remain to transfer way of thinking and passion to realize monozukori in Indian environment. The Management practices of various top Japanese manufacturers have succeeded already in India.
Japanese government has been sponsoring lot of infrastructure projects in India. The Most remembering of Japan cooperation is Iconic Bullet Train Project. There is huge potential for Japanese companies from following industries like Construction Equipment, Automobile, Consumer Durables, Heavy Industries and Aerospace.