Impact of COVID-19 in the context of Indian
Economy
Name: Devjit Chakraborty
Roll: ECUG/252/22
DSE-4: DISSERTATION
Abstract
Covid-19 pandemic is affecting the Indian economy in various ways. It mainly affects on the
social and economical health of the country. With a view to control the spread of COVID-19
pandemic, the government of India followed various announcements and policies, such as
lock down social distancing, restriction on mobility of people, closure of non-essential
commodities and businesses etc. All such approaches of the government of India created both
positive and negative impact on lives of people and the overall on the economy of the
country. Due to loss of job and production, the demand -supply chain was disrupted. And thus
the growth rate if the economy and various important sectors have been affected. The current
paper is an attempt to discuss various impacts of COVID-19 pandemic on the Indian
economy and measures challenges faced by the government of India to reduce its impact on
the economy.