ISBN:
9789811684722
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (337 pages)
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Erscheint auch als
DDC:
330.954
Keywords:
COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020--Economic aspects-India
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Intro -- Introduction -- Contents -- About the Editors -- Setting the Context -- Zoonotic Pathogens, Human Life, and Pandemic in the Age of the Anthropocene -- 1 Nature and The Pandemic -- 2 Impact on South Asia and India -- 3 Looking Ahead: A Question that Needs an Answer -- References -- Disruptions in the Indian Economy -- India's Lockdown: An Interim Report -- 1 Prologue -- 2 The Lockdown -- 3 The Philosophy of Lockdown -- 4 Lives Versus Lives: The Visible and the Invisible -- 5 The Progression of Covid-19 in India: A Brief Account -- 6 Relief Measures -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Distributive Considerations -- 6.3 Macroeconomic Considerations -- 6.4 The Indian Government's Relief Plan 1 -- 6.5 The Indian Government's Relief Plan 2 -- 7 Other Outcomes -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Enforcement of the Lockdown -- 7.3 Supply Chain Disruptions in Agriculture and Urban Food Markets -- 7.4 The Predicament of Migrant Laborers -- 7.5 Labor Laws -- 7.6 Other Morbidities -- 7.7 Coronavirus, Religion, Caste, and Gender -- 8 India's Lockdown: Visibility, Invisibility, and Its Implications -- References -- The COVID-19 Shock and the Indian Economy-A Cross-Country Comparative Analysis -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methodology for Country Selection -- 3 Macroeconomic Indicators -- 3.1 Gross Domestic Product -- 3.2 Is the Drop in the GDP Per Capita Representative? -- 3.3 Unemployment Rate -- 3.4 Summary of Macroeconomic Indicators and Fiscal Response -- 4 Public Health Indicators -- 5 Conclusion -- Appendix 1: Country-Level Comparison of Economic Indicators -- Gross Domestic Products -- Unemployment -- References -- Data as Guide to Policy: Bills of Mortality of 17th Century and COVID-19 of 21st Century -- 1 Introduction -- 2 John Graunt's Contribution in Data Analysis -- 2.1 Description of Graunt's Observations.
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