Measures of Rural Livelihoods during Covid-19 in West Bengal
2022
Roy, Suman | Ghosh, Souvik
The COVID-19 pandemic has been considered as the most crucial global health calamity of the century. The pandemic has also severe effects on the livelihoods of the rural households. Present study has examined the livelihood status of rural people including migration pattern during COVID-19 pandemic in Cooch Behar district of the West Bengal. Among five types of assets viz. human, social, physical, financial and natural assets defining livelihood, financial assets were suffered the most. The pandemic caused lowering of income (average annual income from Rs. 94363 before the pandemic to Rs. 56235 after the pandemic) while increasing expenditure for rural households. Most of the respondents were migrating outside state (67.5%) engaging as mason (31%) and labour (17.5%); 54 per cent of the respondents have stayed after pandemic and 46 per cent have return back to their home during pandemic. Different schemes are being introduced by the government for improving the livelihood of rural people and migrants.
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