New Delhi: In the last three years, India lost 36.94 lakh man-days in both public and private sectors due to 210 strikes and lockouts, while southern states of Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka emerged on the top, Deccan Herald reports, citing the data from the ministry of labour and employment.Comparatively speaking, the public sector lost a higher number of man-days at 19.91 lakh between 2018 and 2020, while the number of strikes was fewer at 89 compared to 121 strikes that roiled the private sector. In the same period, the private sector lost 17.03 lakh man-days.With 20 strikes during the past three years, Kerala lost 8.80 lakh man-days, the highest in the country. In terms of the number of strikes, Tamil Nadu topped with 51 strikes and emerged second in man-hours lost with 4.39 lakh. This was followed by Karnataka with 3.78 lakh man-days were consumed by 17 strikes.Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra figured in the top five states with the highest number of man-hours lost. In 16 strikes that rocked the public and private sectors in the former, 3.11 lakh man-days were lost. Similarly, the latter witnessed 19 strikes in the said period and lost 3.09 lakh.The state of Karnataka stood out for having lost the highest number of man-days in the public sector with 3.77 lakh in 16 strikes. However, the southern state only saw one strike in the private sector in the last three years with 1,049 man-days lost.With 2.94 lakh man-days lost in 9 strikes affecting the public sector, the state of Assam followed Karnataka losing the highest number of man-days.Kerala’s private sector was rocked by 17 strikes and saw the maximum number of man-days lost at 7.67 lakh followed by Tamil Nadu with 4.30 lakh man-days lost in 49 strikes. Tamil Nadu emerged on the top with 49 strikes affecting the private sector.In the last three years, it was 2019 that saw the highest number of man-days lost in both private (5.70 lakh man-days lost in 41 strikes) and public sectors (9.46 lakh man-days lost in 41 strikes) in a country-wide analysis.The COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown announced to arrest the spread of the virus also affected the striking workforce as 2020 witnessed only 15 strikes each in the private and the public sectors. While the public sector witnessed a loss of 1.98 lakh man-days, the private sector saw a loss of 85,478 man-days.Among the states, Karnataka had the highest loss of man-days (94,017) in the public sector in 2020 followed by Rajasthan (67,800 in two strikes). In the private sector, Tamil Nadu lost 80,130 man-days in eight strikes while Karnataka lost 1,049 man-days.