India’s 1.3 billion people have joined the global lockdown triggered by the Coronavirus outbreak as the World Health Organization (WHO) expressed concern at the acceleration of the pandemic in the United States and Italy recorded another large increase in deaths from COVID-19.

Addressing the nation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on March 24, imposed the nation-wide lockdown for 21 days. He also said that the Centre has allocated Rs 15,000 crore for fighting Coronavirus. Many sectors have been severely affected because businesses have taken a massive hit after the virus started spreading its tentacles in the country. What does the lockdown mean for the country financially? A visual story.