Upliftment of Societal Lockdown by Indian Government amid CoVID-19
crisis: Boon for some and Bane for others
Abstract
Developing nations were greatly hit due to the spread of coronavirus as
majority of their population belong to the lower-income groups. It was
primarily due to the lack of proper medical and healthcare facilities
available for the public. To restrict the rapid spread of the disease,
most of the nations had declared an emergency lockdown of their
respective countries. Due to the economic constraints leading to the
lack of food and uncontrollable spread of disease faced by several
economically backward people, governments decided to reopen the markets
in a planned manner. Many nations faced two faced wars- the pandemic on
one hand and global hunger on the other. India too announced the
unlocking of the nation on 1st June 2020. Soon after the unlocking was
done to some extent, the number of active cases of coronavirus began
rising. India had 0.007% of its people under the influence of the virus
when the unlocking was done but soon within a month, the active cases
rose to 0.016% of the total population of India which marked the rise
of 57.35% cases. Similar cases were seen in many developing countries
around the world. In this paper, a comparison on the CoVID-19 situation,
post- upliftment of the lockdown has been provided with a few of the
selected countries.