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India is in the firm grip of the second wave of COVID-19. A pall of gloom has descended across the nation. Daily infections are at a record high, oxygen and medicine are scarce, even crematoriums and burial grounds have run out of capacity. Several states have announced lock downs. This situation will no doubt have a long-term impact on all our lives, whether we are directly impacted by the virus or not. It is not only lives, but livelihoods are also at stake. The economic im

With Harshita Tripathi It feels like we are living in the interim: the past appears distant and the future has not yet emerged. It is almost like when a sculptor beats a metal sheet into a new shape – a sheet of metal can take a beautiful shape, but in the interim it is beaten, stretched, contorted, deformed. We are in that phase now as the pandemic rages on across the globe. Can we withstand this immense pressure or will the metal break into pieces? What can we do to build m

That the Indian economy is in bad shape was known, the extent was revealed by the announcement that Indian GDP contracted by 23.9% in Q1 of FY 2020-21. The impact is being felt by every segment, across the length and the breadth of the country. However, the most impacted are probably the medium, small and micro scale enterprises (MSME) which form the very fabric of the Indian economy. They contribute 29% of India’s GDP and employ 11.1 crore people (NSS 73rd round, 2015-16). #

India has been one of the countries to start a nationwide lockdown at a very early stage of the spread of COVID - 19 in the country. Today, on 14th April 2020, the Prime Minister extended it by two weeks up to 3rd May 2020. However, we cannot continue to be in lockdown for too long. The economic consequences of this is humongous. We need to find a way to ease the lockdown gradually. We will have to find a way to save lives and livelihoods. Alongwith Soma Dey (Faculty of Manag