The paper studies regional difference in employment, unemployment and income in Andhra Pradesh, in the backdrop of … Pradesh based on employment and unemployment surveys conducted by National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) in 61st round … total workforce engaged in self-employment in agriculture followed by casual labourer in agriculture (27%) and self-employment …

India experienced one of the strictest lockdowns during COVID-19 and sections of the workforce seemed overwhelmingly … disadvantaged. Given substantial poverty still, marginalized daily wage labor and gendered outcomes in the context of India …, economic shocks are expected to have disparate implications. Employing World Bank data for rural areas in six states of India …

creates jobs, draws the majority into the economic and social mainstream, and continuously reduces mass poverty. Employment …