However, Covid-19 is likely to profoundly impact the way governments, companies and citizens behave, changing public life as we know it. There is now a greater questioning of why the role of the government has been needlessly reduced in many countries. In responding to the crisis, governments have perhaps found powers they either did not know they had or were unwilling to use. Caught in the middle of a pandemic, we now see that these groups take on an unusual level of importance. The pandemic has shown that it is indeed possible to manage some parts of our business on a remote basis.

Source: Hindustan Times April 14, 2020 12:58 UTC