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Impact of COVID-19 on Rural Economy in India

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  • Singh, Bhanu Pratap

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‘They will go to die there, where there is life ’. COVID-19 lockdown flooded streets with migrant labourers which were marching to their villages to find warmth and empathy. Many reached their homes but several failed and died on streets and railway tracks. The current study offers insights on the plight of migrant labourers and impact of COVID-19 on rural economy in India. The major finding of the study suggests 400 million workers in India in the informal economy are at the risk of falling deeper into poverty during the crisis. The low reporting of COVID-19 cases due to low testing will result in community spread. The reverse migration will create excess pressure on the agriculture and rural economy which will result in a significant number of people to fall into abject poverty. COVID-19 will have both short and long-run effect on the rural economy in India. The government economic package contains majorly long-term measures whereas short-term measures such as cash incentive and wage subsidy should be given to save migrant labourer and marginal farmers. Above all, mass corruption in the system is the biggest challenge in the effective implementation of plans.

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  • Singh, Bhanu Pratap, 2020. "Impact of COVID-19 on Rural Economy in India," MPRA Paper 100530, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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    1. Singh, Bhanu Pratap, 2017. "The Political Economy of Indigo farming in India and Champaran Satyagraha," MPRA Paper 100408, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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    1. Ramun PRASAD & Deepak Kumar BEHERA, 2024. "Challenges For Employment From Covid Imported Reversed Migration: An Empirical Study Of The Indian State Of Bihar," Regional and Sectoral Economic Studies, Euro-American Association of Economic Development, vol. 24(1), pages 41-56.

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      Keywords

      COVID-19; Migrant Labourers; Agriculture; Rural Economy;
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      JEL classification:

      • J61 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
      • J78 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Discrimination - - - Public Policy (including comparable worth)
      • O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
      • O53 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Asia including Middle East
      • P25 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist and Transition Economies - - - Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics
      • P46 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Other Economic Systems - - - Consumer Economics; Health; Education and Training; Welfare, Income, Wealth, and Poverty
      • R23 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Household Analysis - - - Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population

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