Urban Challenges of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Urban Challenges of the COVID-19 Pandemic

This is part of a series of Measurement Briefs from the NCAER National Data Innovation Centre. Based on the findings from the Delhi NCR Coronavirus Telephone Survey, Rounds 1 and 2, this particular Brief is set in the backdrop of the lockdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent loss of incomes and livelihoods for a vast number of households across India. The findings in the Brief indicate that the maximum adverse impact of the lockdown was felt by the urban poor and households and individuals relying on casual wage work, and point to the need for a more comprehensive relief package for them.

Latest Publications

Policy Briefs
09 January 2026

Reforming India’s Vocational Skilling Ecosystem

Farzana Afridi & Arjita Chandna
Policy Briefs
24 October 2025

Skill Shortages and Gaps in the Motor Vehicles Sector: Case for a Labour Market Information System in India

Isha Dayal & Bornali Bhandari
Policy Briefs
26 September 2023

Investing in Improving Public Primary Healthcare Will Transform Indians’ Care-seeking Journeys to Benefit Individual Health, Families’ Financial Stability, and the Country’s Broader Socio-economic Development

    Get updates from NCAER