Civil society and COVID-19 pandemic in Nagaland: Response in a Democratic Society

Moameren Pongen,Dr. Chubakumzuk Jamir

doi:10.22161/jhed.3.4.7

Abstract

Civil society plays a very constructive role in a society especially in times of a pandemic. The paper explores the role of civil societies in responding to COVID-19 pandemic in Nagaland. The whole state has been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic since early August-October 2020. Preliminary findings exhibits that civil societies played a vital role in providing emergency services, funding, volunteering, mutual aid, in-kind donations, and even policy advocacy. This article highlights that despite the state government with its limited resources was able to keep the pandemic crisis under control due to the active support and participation of civil societies. As respective civil societies within their own areas came forward in providing essential food and services to the most vulnerable sections of society which got affected the most by the imposition of total and partial lockdowns. This article suggests that the role of civil societies should not be overlooked in the context of pandemic management.

Highlights

Development is one of the most important pillars of country’s economic progress (Jamir 2021c; Ezung & Jamir 2018)
In countries were the position of people and civil society have been respected in the constitution in the framework of maintaining the legal freedoms and people’s fundamental rights, the rate of development and reducing corruption is more obvious than the countries were constitution has not been respected
The important role of the civil societies in containing the pandemic crisis in Nagaland can be seen by the fact that Nodal officer for Dimapur COVID-19 activities appealed to various churches, NGOs and various organization to help out the needy(Gogoi 2021) which the civil duly respondent

Summary

INTRODUCTION

Development is one of the most important pillars of country’s economic progress (Jamir 2021c; Ezung & Jamir 2018). That if decision is harmful, they do something like: demonstration, strike and which are civil activities and express their demands avoid conflict and remain on their positions as far as being convinced This process is more powerful than controlling the different wings such as: parliamentary oversight, inspection organizations and involve society to the participation in political and social affairs. In countries were the position of people and civil society have been respected in the constitution in the framework of maintaining the legal freedoms and people’s fundamental rights, the rate of development and reducing corruption is more obvious than the countries were constitution has not been respected.

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