Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic Lockdowns on Indian Society: A Critical Analysis (original) (raw)
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The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the world in many ways. In India it has been five months since the first case has been reported and in this period the country has changed drastically in every aspect socially as well as economically. Thus, the issues of health, the rapid decline of economy, shortage of medicines, sanitizers, masks, poverty, unemployment, migrant workers, racism, has undoubtedly taken centre stage and each has left a mark on the lives of people (Singh, 2020). Therefore, the essay focuses on understanding the critical social issues i.e poverty which has increased due to the lockdown and similarly, tries to make some suggestions to tackle further rise in poverty to overcome current and post lockdown crisis.
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