How a low income state of India managed the unemployment situation during COVID-19? Lessons for future pandemic management.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The partial and complete lockdown to curb the spread of COVID-19 caused enormous economic and social disruptions throughout the world. India witnessed the sharpest decline in its Gross Domestic Product (GDP), and the unemployment rate rose sharply in the first quarter of 2020-21. Odisha, one of the low income states of India, has faced a steep rise in unemployment, with lakhs of migrant workers returning to the state. This article attempts to examine Odisha's unemployment situation compared to the low-income states of India as well as with the national average during COVID-19. This also investigates to what extent the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) provided relief to the people by providing short-term employment opportunities.

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SUBMITTER: Rout SK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10683399 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature