COVID-19 Pandemic, India and the World

Rajib Bhattacharyya is an associate professor in economics, Department of Economics, Goenka College of Commerce and Business Administration, Kolkata, India.Ananya Ghosh Dastidar is a professor in economics, Department of Finance and Business Economics, the University of Delhi, India.Soumyen Sikdar is professor in economics, Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, Kolkata, India.

• 1. Introduction: Corona Pandemic and the Changing Global Economy Part I: Conflicts, Trust and Society 2. The Covid-19 Pandemic and its Impact on Global Political Economy 3. Riding the wave or going under? The Covid-19 Pandemic and Trust in Governments 4. India’s Lockdown 5. Violence amidst Virus: An Essay on Conflicts in the World and at Home in times of a Pandemic 6. Brothers in Arms? Covid-19 and Hindu-Muslim conflict in India Part II: Macroeconomic Issues and Environment 7. The Long Shadow of Epidemics 8. The Macroeconomic Impact of Covid-19 on the Indian Economy: An Exploratory Framework 9. Developing Economic Herd Immunity in the Face of a Pandemic 10. COVID-19 and an Assessment of Some Policy Actions Adopted by India 11. Impact of the Coronavirus Pandemic on of De –Globalization 12. Green or Brown? Global Environment in the Post COVIDian Era and Challenges for India Part III: Sectoral Perspectives 13. Coping with COVID-19 and its Consequences: Household Adjustments in India 14. Firm Fragility: A Re-Interpretation in the Times of the COVID-19 Outbreak 15. Impact of COVID -19 on Manufacturing Industries in India: Networks and Trade Dependence 16. Measurement of efficiency loss in Indian Agricultural Sector due to COVID-19: Evidence from Rice Production 17. The Pandemic and the Informal Sector of India: probable impacts and strategic intervention 18. Covid-19 Pandemic: Implications for Widowed and Elderly Women in India Part IV: Health, Education and Labour 19. Policy Failure before COVID Pandemic and Options for the Government in Near Future 20. Higher Education in the Post-Covid Era : India and the World 21. Lockdowns, Migrants and the Spatial Distribution of COVID-19 Cases in India: Consequences of a “tough and timely decision" 22. Labour and the Pandemic : A Study on Work, Employment and Work Situation 23. Covid-19 Pandemic and Migrant workers: India and the World 24. The Future of Labor Segmentation after COVID-19

"The Covid-19 pandemic has had far reaching social and economic consequences that are almost certainly greater in magnitude than earlier disruptive events such as the financial crisis of 2008 and the fall of the former Soviet block which dot our collective memory. This book is a timely look into the economic and social impact of the pandemic in the Indian context which also includes some forward looking analysis."- Sumon Bhaumik, Chair in Finance at the University of Sheffield, UK and Research Fellow at IZA - Institue of Labor Economics, Bonn, Germany"Including in-depth studies on the impact of the Covid-19 crisis on health, economy, education, jobs, gender- relations and society, this timely book is greatly welcomed for its uniquely exhaustive and contemporary analysis of the crisis in India, the complex transformations underway, their implications for the future, and related policy challenges." - Sukti Dasgupta, Chief, Employment and Labour Market Policies, International Labour Organization (ILO), Geneva"The carefully curated set of articles in this book provides a comprehensive analysis of the socio-economic impact of the pandemic. The chapters written by leading field experts do a deep dive into many of the pandemic related questions the world is grappling with. It is a must have for both researchers and policymakers.”- Chetan Subramanian, Professor in Economics & Social Sciences & Dean, IIM Bangalore Chair of Excellence, IIM Bangalore