Employment Status: The Pandemic Situation in India

Abstract

For the last two years, the global pandemic of Covid 19 caused by SARS CoV-2 has emerged as an immense burden on the health and economic system worldwide affecting several countries. Over 30 million people have been infected by the corona virus in India. Covid 19 can infect people of all genders and Ages. More than 45 percentages of Indian households lost their income due to the Covid 19 Pandemic then the previous year. The Indian Economy was expected to loss around Rs. 32,000 crores in the initial stage of pandemic itself. Almost all sectors of the economy has been adversely affected. Exports are sharply declined. Food and Agriculture, Aviation and Tourism are worse affected. Telecommunication and Pharmaceutical companies are having comprehensive advantages and continuously developed in the pandemic situation. Global level, the impact of Covid 19 is negative and creates high level of inequality, pain and strain, gender equality and gender strategy management are adversely affected. The study based on secondary information collected from the Centre for Monitoring of Indian Economy from the various quarter and World Bank Report during the pandemic period. The paper focused on unemployment rate in different sectors of the Indian economy and the violence against for Women in India during the covid 19 periods. As per International Labour Organization (2021), about 400 million workers in India are at the risk of being pushed into poverty due to cause by lockdown and Covid 19. The unemployment rate in India was recorded at 8 percent. Hence, detailed discussions are essential through this paper.