Locking out the Working Poor

Anand, Ishan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1587-5865 and Thampi, Anjana ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1808-5538 (2022) Locking out the Working Poor. The India Forum. Vichar Trust , India. Available at: https://www.theindiaforum.in/article/india-s-worke...

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Abstract

With more than three-quarters of India’s workforce either self-employed or in casual work, and earning low incomes, the lockdown was bound to devastate their livelihoods. Conditions were poor before the lockdown because of the slowdown. They have now worsened.

Item Type: Article in Newspapers and Magazine
Uncontrolled Keywords: COVID-19 | Coronavirus | Lockdown | Slowdown | Economy | Informal Sector | Casual Workers | Self-employed | Agriculture Wages | Relief
Subjects: Physical, Life and Health Sciences > Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Social Sciences and humanities > Social Sciences > Urban Studies
Divisions: Jindal Global Law School
Depositing User: Mr. Syed Anas Ali
Date Deposited: 03 Sep 2026 11:08
Last Modified: 03 Sep 2026 11:08
Official URL: https://www.theindiaforum.in/article/india-s-worke...
URI: https://pure.jgu.edu.in/id/eprint/12446

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