“Impact Of Covid-19 Pandemic On Indian Rural Livelihood, Health And Economy”

Abstract

Rural migrant workers swarmed the streets during the COVID-19 shutdown, marching “to their villages in search of” compassion and warmth. While “many made it to their homes”, a few did not, and they perished on the “streets and railway lines”. “The current study” sheds light “on the” hardships faced by “migrant workers” “and the effects of COVID-19 on India's” rural economies. The study's key finding indicates that “400 million workers in India's informal economy run the risk of becoming even” more impoverished “as a result of the crisis”. There will be a community spread as a result of the low testing and low reporting of COVID-19 cases. A large number of individuals will experience extreme poverty as a result of the reverse migration's excessive strain on the rural and agricultural economies. “COVID-19 will impact India's rural economy in the short and long terms”. The government's economic package primarily consists of long-term initiatives, but in order to safeguard migrant workers and marginal farmers, short-term initiatives like wage subsidies and monetary incentives should be provided. “The primary obstacle to the successful execution of programmes is widespread systemic corruption”.