A thematic examination of banking operations during pandemic in India

Abstract

The current study aims at examining the different themes that were relevant at the times of spread of pandemics in India. A pandemic by definition is any disease, which is infectious in nature and has an uncontrollable widespread leading to massive social, economic and political destruction. Thus, pandemic can be considered synonymous to huge destruction to any geographical area in all terms. This study being descriptive in nature describes in detail the several pandemics that had spread in India followed by a thematic analysis regarding the operations in the banking sector in the country during the time of that pandemic spread. Secondary data has been utilized in order to select relevant themes and mentioning the sub-themes that were found to be common during the pandemics time in the country as far as the banking operations were concerned. This study is quite insightful with respect to comprehending the approaches adopted by the Indian banking sector at such challenging times in order to comply the directions given by the Government of India and the banking authority.