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3. Under complete lockdown, less than a quarter Socio-cultural challenges
of India’s $2.8 trillion economic movement was
Close physical interactions like living in crowded house
functional.
and other places, pushing and jostling are extremely
4. Up to 53% of businesses in the country were common and are deterrent to ‘social distancing’ as dictated
projected to be significantly affected. during this pandemic. Despite the lockdown, crowding
has been observed in religious places, during travel (e.g.
5. Supply chains have been put under stress with
‘herds’ of migrants on buses), or even while purchasing
the lockdown restrictions in place; initially, there
liquor at the shops. While ‘vertical distancing’ is the cause
was a lack of clarity in streamlining what an
of inequalities in India, the ‘horizontal distancing’ put in
«essential» is and what is not.
place in the wake of COVID-19 has further exacerbated
6. Those in the informal sectors and daily wage these inequalities
groups have been at the most risk.
Due to the enormous scale of the problem the
7. A large number of farmers around the country government schemes remain vastly inadequate. As a
who grow perishables also faced uncertainty. result of the lockdown, there is increased possibility of
During the current pandemic, the economic downturn malnutrition among the low SES. The Food Corporation of
has greatly affected people from the lower socio-economic India recently allotted 12.96 lakh metric tonnes of food
stratum (SES). The distressing media visuals of migrant grains under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna
labourers going to their native places from the cities on foot Yojna (PMGKAY) as an initiative of Government of India
during the lockdown has been critically debated. in its fight against the COVID-19 .
As briefly discussed earlier, the economic slowdown could Conclusion
aggravate malnutrition. The loss of daily wage earnings However, every crisis brings about a unique opportunity
or joblessness can make it difficult to buy even basic food to rethink on the path undertaken for the development of
items in people belonging to low SES. a human being, community and society. The COVID-19
The economic impact of this pandemic is likely to be pandemic has a clear message for the Indian economy to
more severe for India in the following manner; (a) increase adopt sustainable developmental models, which are based
in poverty i.e. pushing more people below poverty line (b) on self-reliance, inclusive frameworks and are environment
worsening of socio-economic inequalities, thus affecting friendly.
health and nutrition indices, and (c) compromise in health-
related precautions (use of masks, social distancing, Ipsita Saha
seeking medical advice in case of cough and fever etc.). All Department of Economics
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