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COVID-19 – Page 2 – India Development Review
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COVID-19
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COVID-19

Coverage of the COVID-19 crisis, its impact on India, and the response of civil society and the government to the pandemic.

For field stories on how communities are experiencing the lockdown, visit our Ground Up page.

a group of schoolchildren on a street--NEP 2020
September 15, 2023
How COVID-19 changed India’s education system
India’s new education policy focused on centralisation and digitisation to combat the loss of education during the pandemic. Did this really help the students?
by Shantha Sinha | 5 min read
a village in assam under lockdown during covid-19-mental health
November 16, 2022
Post COVID-19, a mental health crisis is brewing in Assam
Variations in culture and terrain at the last mile make mental health support challenging in the state.
by Smarinita Shetty, Saloni Meghani | 6 min read
A man walks past a Covid-19 coronavirus awareness mural along the roadside in Chennai-crisis relief
October 21, 2022
Crisis relief: Where we failed and what we learnt
Five learnings for nonprofits to keep in mind before engaging in disaster management work.
by Devansh Mehta | 7 min read
Women preparing organic growth promoters
September 7, 2022
Women in Gujarat confront uncertainties post pandemic
Women across the state share how hard times during the pandemic increased their focus on health, changed their livelihood patterns, and made their communities more frugal and watchful.
by Smarinita Shetty, Tanaya Jagtiani | 7 min read
Adolescent girls in a class in Ranchi, Jharkhand
August 11, 2022
Keeping adolescent girls at the centre as we rebuild
The pandemic has had a devastating impact on adolescent girls and young women in Jharkhand. What can nonprofits and funders do to help them achieve their aspirations despite setbacks to their education, mental health, and more?
by Smarinita Shetty, Derrek Xavier | 9 min read
Failure Files podcast written on a dark blue background and an illustration of a person watering a bit F in the ground-nonprofit programme
May 20, 2022
Accepting that you can only do so much | Nisha Subramaniam
Nisha Subramaniam, co-founder of Kanavu, an education nonprofit working in rural Tamil Nadu, shares how the founding team’s failure to think through the feasibility of a project ended up stretching the team too thin and almost jeopardised the future of their organisation.
2 min read
A tea factory worker overseeing a machine-SMEs
May 3, 2022
What do India’s SMEs need as they recover from the pandemic?
The pandemic has adversely impacted small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). However, their contribution to India's GDP can be enhanced through focused investments.
by Samir Sathe | 7 min read
A group of laborers returning from the fields-migrant workers
April 14, 2022
Migrant workers from East UP: Where are they now?
Lockdowns during the pandemic forced migrant workers across India to return home. Here’s how migrants from East UP coped with the consequences, and how the government, nonprofits, and funders can support them.
by Smarinita Shetty, Arushi Singh Parmar | 7 min read
Woman farmer winnows sorghum grains in Mahboobnagar District of Andhra Pradesh-widow
January 19, 2022
No land for widows
A study in Gujarat reveals why women who have been widowed during COVID-19 are struggling to access their land rights.
by Poonam Kathuria, Karen Pineiro | 6 min read
Women exchanging various goods at a fair-barter-rural communities
January 12, 2022
Can barter system work in today’s India?
Amid a cash crunch and market shutdowns during COVID-19 many rural communities in India used barter to meet their needs—showing us why this form of exchange still works.
by Debojit Dutta | 5 min read
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