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Economies with large numbers of informal workers—India is one—will need to handhold the labour market to help regain income, social security benefits and goals of education, poverty, and social equality.The UN report follows another one by the International Labour Organization (ILO) that showed the magnitude of working hour and income loss around the world and urged countries to step up efforts to address the issue.