Now he was back in the village where he was born, propelled by a wave of economic destruction rolling across India during the pandemic. During the nationwide lockdown, more than 120 million jobs were lost, most of them in the country’s vast informal sector. Many of those workers have returned to work out of sheer necessity, often scraping by on far lower wages. A survey by the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy found that 21 million salaried jobs were lost between April and August. India has recorded more than 5 million coronavirus cases and is adding more each day than any other country.

Source: Washington Post September 24, 2020 09:05 UTC