How did India’s rural economy fare through the COVID-19 lockdown and the re-opening? We present the effects of “Unlock 1.0” on rural economic activity in India using two rounds of household surveys in May and July 2020.
COVID-19’s Impact on Indian Agriculture: How Data Should Drive Future Policies This is the first in a series of articles by IDinsight, that provides analysis of existing data and draws attention to gaps for researchers to fill in.
How Data and Evidence Can Set India’s Agricultural Markets on the Path Toward a Successful Future This article outlines challenges facing India’s agricultural market systems, the context of the government’s approach, and how data & evidence can help.
Landscape Report: Impacts of COVID-19 on Food Systems Dinsight shares a new report synthesizing the evidence gathered from May 2020-September 2020 on the impact of COVID-19 on food systems across the country.
Economic effects of COVID-19: rapid surveys of rural households in India This report presents the findings of a three-round survey of Indian rural households on the impact of COVID-19.
The Covid-19 Crisis and People’s Right to Food This working paper reviews the evidence on the humanitarian impact of the COVID-19 crisis, drawing on multiple household surveys as well as CMIE data.
World Bank Microdata Library Link to detailed survey data from all three rounds of phone surveys along with detailed documentation, survey questionnaire, and other technical documents.
Key Indicator Datafile Link to download a .csv of the high-level point estimates for each indicator over each point in time.