Only one in five rural households availed work under MGNREGA during the lockdown: Gaon Connection survey

August 26, 2020

80 per cent migrant workers who returned to their villages could not find work under MGNREGA. Many did not have...

93% rural respondents confirmed reverse migration aggravated the unemployment in their villages

August 24, 2020

Unprecedented COVID19-led reverse migration has wreaked havoc in the lives of millions of men and women who now face unemployment...

80% rural respondents said their work was affected due to the lockdown

August 22, 2020

The recent lockdown created unforeseen havoc affecting millions of Indians. Every class of worker was hit hard – farmers, shopkeepers,...

42% farmers could not sow crops in time during the lockdown: Gaon Connection Survey

August 21, 2020

In a first of its kind survey, Gaon Connection delves into the depths of the agony suffered by rural India,...

Three-fourth poor households without ration card didn’t receive government ration in lockdown

August 18, 2020

Seven in 10 economically weak households with no ration cards reportedly faced ‘very high’ or ‘high’ difficulty in accessing food...

One in five rural households sold or mortgaged land, jewellery or valuables during the lockdown

August 14, 2020

Gaon Connection’s national rural survey found that nine out of 10 rural citizens faced some sort of financial difficulty during...

80% rural citizens reported not getting work under MGNREGA during the COVID-19 lockdown

August 12, 2020

Chhattisgarh reported the highest percentage (70%) of households that found work under MGNREGA during the nationwide lockdown, whereas Gujarat reported...

Gaon Connection Survey: COVID-19 lockdown and reverse migration

August 11, 2020

Gaon Connection tried to understand how the COVID-19 lockdown impacted the lives of thousands of migrant labourers who returned to...

58% pregnant women in villages confirmed checkups, vaccination in the lockdown

August 11, 2020

Pregnant women’s healthcare suffered in the lockdown. In West Bengal, only 29% households with pregnant women confirmed checkups and vaccination;...

Almost every fourth migrant worker returned home on foot during the lockdown

August 10, 2020

Gaon Connection survey found 23% migrant workers walked to their village homes during the lockdown. About 12% were beaten by...