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GVA Shock Intensity Employ- Fiscal
(Measured as share in GSVA) ment shock COVID-19
shock Intensity
Intensity

Agricul- Mining Manu- Con- Ser- Informal Share Gross Fis- Con- Deaths
ture factur- struc- vices Workers in Total cal Deficit firmed- (‘000)
ing tion Share in MSMEs as % of Cases
Non-Ag- GDP (Lakhs)
ricultural
Sector*
(%)
FY 2019-20 FY 2018-19 FY 2015- FY 2019-20 Jan Jan
16 (RE)

Chandigarh 0.4 0.0 3.6 4.7 87.9 36.9 0.1 0.2 0.3
Delhi 0.4 1.6 5.5 4.6 84.5 52.0 1.5 -0.1 6.3 10.7
Goa 4.5 2.8 50.8 3.2 31.4 16.2 0.1 5.6 0.5 0.8
Manipur 21.2 0.0 2.9 9.1 63.3 7.0 0.3 11.1 0.3 0.4

Meghalaya 15.5 3.6 11.1 7.0 60.7 27.0 0.2 3.6 0.1 0.1
Mizoram 22.8 0.3 0.7 10.3 51.3 2.4 0.1 8.7 0.0 0.0
Nagaland 25.8 0.2 1.7 7.8 61.7 13.9 0.1 4.9 0.1 0.1
Puducherry 4.1 2.3 28.0 16.9 47.2 27.2 0.2 0.8 0.4 0.6

Sikkim 7.7 0.1 46.7 4.2 27.6 23.7 0.0 3.7 0.1 0.1
Tripura 22.1 11.6 4.0 7.6 50.0 14.2 0.3 6.5 0.3 0.4
All-India 14.6 2.7 17.4 7.8 55.2 39.2 100.0 3.2 105.4 152.1

Source: MOSPI, Periodic Labour Force Survey 2018-19, State budget documents, National Sample Survey 73rd round 2015-16
Note: *Informal workers in non-agricultural sector defined as Regular wage / salaried employees in usual status (ps+ss) in
non-agriculture sector without written job contract, not eligible for paid leave, without any social security benefit for each
State/ UT
Wherever data for FY 2019-20 is not available, FY 2018-19 data has been denoted
All figures are in per cent unless specified.

POLICY RESPONSE TO COVID-19

Global
1.40 To help mitigate the spread of the virus, many countries implemented necessary measures.
These have included school closures, restrictions on nonessential business activities, prohibitions
of public gatherings, suspension of public transport, restrictions on movement, border closures,
and travel bans. These social distancing measures with public information campaigns, broad-
based testing, and contact tracing of individuals who were potentially exposed to known cases.
Lockdowns and travel restrictions imposed significant supply-side constraints on national
economies, drastically reducing output and employment in sectors that are usually resistant to
business cycle fluctuations, particularly non-traded services.

1.41 The unrivalled impact of the pandemic on almost every sector of the global economy and
every aspect of society invoked a similar unparalleled policy response. Governments and Central