Open AccessSustainability and Livelihood vulnerability of Rural People under the first wave of COVID-19 in India: A comprehensive review
Author(s) -
Arnab Banerjee
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal for research in applied science and engineering technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2321-9653
DOI - 10.22214/ijraset.2021.37781
Subject(s) - livelihood , vulnerability (computing) , sustainability , government (linguistics) , covid-19 , pandemic , work (physics) , economic growth , population , political science , business , geography , development economics , agriculture , sociology , economics , engineering , computer security , computer science , medicine , philosophy , ecology , linguistics , archaeology , pathology , biology , mechanical engineering , demography , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty)
COVID 19 has totally changed the way of life on Earth. India has been one of the worst affected nations in terms of infection also while harbouring a big chunk of population in the rural areas. It was imperative rural livelihood associated economic sustainability was to be severely affected but the exact extent of the disaster is yet to be known. As things are getting back to life in the new normal, researches regarding the same is under way, but it will be quite a few months or even years before the true picture can be ascertained and according mitigation strategies are adopted. Concrete data is still unavailable, even to some extent in the Government level. This review aims to understand how the pandemic played out on Rural Livelihood with the limited data available on the open platforms like social media and news media. It is tried to collect and comprehensively present the impeccable research work and efforts put in by the grassroot social workers and numerous journalists to collect news and information straight from the battleground, putting their lives to great risk in times of the pandemic. Keywords: Rural Livelihood; Vulnerability; COVID 19; MNREGA; Marginalisation