There is no question of whether lockdown is needed or whether there was other alternatives. But as usual with everything else, it's the poor who are going to b

There is no question of whether lockdown is needed or whether there was other alternatives. But as usual with everything else, it's the poor who are going to be affected the most. • Daily wage workers, as it implies should earn every day to feed their family. They have already faced the wrath of COVID-19 for past few weeks due to stoppage of certain work, now there will a complete halt. •States do have public distribution schemes to distribute food ingredients at subsidised rate, certain states have announced making them free; yet there are several labourers who have travelled outside their states and they wouldn't be eligible to get it. •Those who can stock up supplies have already did, in-spite of govt. requesting not to do so. Again, those who listened to the request (or) do not have the purchasing capacity would be the most affected in the coming days. •Essential services personnel e.g. Garbage disposal, health workers, utilities etc. should be provided PPE; unfortunately most garbage disposal/sewage cleaners don't have gloves or masks even on normal days in most areas. •Even if Govt. decides to send money to the poor directly, many don't have Bank Accounts. Edit: It seems there was a need to clarify poor. For the sake of discussion, let's consider people below poverty limit($14-$17/month) as poor; i.e. 22% according to 2012 statistics but as you can see the limit itself is set very low when compared to standards of a developed country.