Month: December 2020

• December 6, 2020

  THE ECONOMY OF INDIA – PANDEMIC AND BEYOND

  Author: NIKESH KUMAR SINHA IMPACT OF PANDEMIC The Covid-19 pandemic has become the single largest health crisis the world has faced since the Spanish Flu of 1918. The novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) is highly contagious, which has shocked the world into an unprecedented state of fear and slowdown, while the efficacy of its vaccine yet remains to be determined. The only way to fight the coronavirus, besides a vaccine, is through isolation, social distancing, restricting of public gatherings and the implementation of lockdowns. India, a country with a population of 1.3 billion people, has been the worst hit in terms of national economy and healthcare infrastructure. The pandemic exposed the absence […]