The recent report 'State of Working India' released by @working_india shows the pandemic's adverse impact on incomes, employment, food security, and debt.

Research conducted by the FAS Pandemic Studies Unit reflects similar findings for rural India. https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/coronavirus-average-monthly-income-for-workers-fell-by-17/article34491703.ece

Follow this thread to see some of the Pandemic Studies Unit's findings.

To explore our work, go here: http://fas.org.in/pandemic-studies-unit/

We found that the immediate impact of the 2020 lockdown in the countryside was felt most by manual workers and poor peasants.

For the full story, click here: http://ras.org.in/impact_of_covid_19_on_indian_villages

We held an event earlier this year on the collapse of informal employment in the wake of the pandemic. Our research found that female casual workers lost more jobs than male workers during the lockdown period.

Watch the panel moderated by @SurbhiKesar: http://fas.org.in/event/impact-of-covid-19-on-employment-in-the-informal-sector/

Six months into the pandemic, around 45% of the sample households in villages we surveyed reported a reduction in their usual food consumption.

Read more here: http://ras.org.in/impact_of_the_covid_19_pandemic_on_food_security_and_indebtedness_in_rural_india

The same research article documented how a little over a third of study households took loans to manage the livelihood crisis imposed by the pandemic.

http://ras.org.in/impact_of_the_covid_19_pandemic_on_food_security_and_indebtedness_in_rural_india

Thank you for following this thread. You can read @working_india's report here: https://cse.azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/state-of-working-india/swi-2021/