COVID-19 Impact in India

This issue of Southasiadisasters.net is titled ‘COVID-19 Impact in India’ and offers a detailed overview of the various direct and indirect impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. India now holds the dubious distinction of having the second highest number of COVID-19 cases trailing only to the United States of America. As India settles to live with the ‘new normal’ of rising COVID-19 cases and deaths, it is important to assess its impacts to plan for better recovery.

This issue's contents includes: (i) Impact of COVID-19 on Humanitarian Actions in India, (ii) Humanitarian Systemwide Changes in Data Gathering: How Virtual Evidence is Unfolding?, (iii) Pandemic Response: Policy Review, (iv) COVID-19 Care in India: The Course to Self-Reliance, (v) Role of Communications in COVID-19 Response, (vi) Impact of COVID-19 on Environment Conservation in India, (vii) Oxfam India’s COVID-19 Response, (viii) Challenges and Opportunities in Government-Civil Society Organisations Collaboration in COVID-19 Pandemic Response, (ix) Use of Wisdom in Pandemic Responses, (x) Lessons from the Pandemic for Building a Sustainable and Resilient Future, (xi) Capacity Gaps to Pandemic Response in Villages and Cities, (xii) Legasis Role in COVID-19 Response, (xiii) COVID-19 Pandemic and Policy Concerns, (xiv) Impact of COVID-19 on Kachchh Pastoral Communities: Our Experiences, (xv) Youth in India: What Youth in India Can Learn on Adaptation?, (xvi) Citizen Science: Critical for Achieving Long Term Conservation Goals, (xvii) NPO Response to Covid-19 in India, (xviii) COVID-19 in Assam: A CSO View, (xix) Locating COVID-19 between Ecology and Economics, and (xx) Climate Action: What’s Next for India.