Why Relief Packages for India's Poorest Need Targeted Intervention -Anamitra Roychowdhury and Nivedita Sarkar

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published Published on Apr 20, 2020   modified Modified on Apr 22, 2020

-TheWire.in

Social policies almost always have multiple, often unintended, consequences. This feature came out sharply, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared a nationwide lockdown to arrest the spread of the novel coronavirus without announcing an immediate or near-simultaneous relief package for India’s poorest.

As the fight against COVID-19 unavoidably puts the livelihoods of millions at risk, an ugly truth of Indian society has come out in the open – namely, a large section of our urban workforce barely earn subsistence and are in no position to withstand a five-week lockdown.

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TheWire.in, 20 April, 2020, https://thewire.in/economy/why-relief-packages-for-indias-poorest-need-targeted-intervention


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