A Study on the Socio-economic impact of Covid 19 in Nagaland

Economics

The outbreak of covid 19 pandemic has deeply impacted the socio-economic life of the global and Indian community as well. In India, the first wave of covid 19 pandemic has affected mostly the urban economy as manufacturing and businesses had come to standstill due to prolong nationwide lockdown while agri- allied activities in rural area were continue to move due to lower restriction and as such less impacted. However, the second wave of covid 19 that was started in March 2021 had badly hit on the health care system of India and even the rural economy as many new cases had been reported from rural area. In India, as the second wave of covid19 hit its peak, it had reported on 30th April 202, morethan 4 lakh of new fresh cases and death toll of morethan 3000 due to virus in 24 hour’s period. The situation was become worst due to lack of health infrastructure particularly in the rural area and the hurry of patient to urban hospital from small town and villages, the hospital become overwhelmed and exhausted. The policy response was different in the second wave, as the government made localized and given autonomy to the state government to handle the spread of the virus. This research paper has an attempt to study the socio-economic impact of covid 19 on the economy of Nagaland. It also highlighted some of the policies and measures taken up by the Nagaland government in response to covid 19 pandemic.

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