The number of people, who have entered into poverty amid Covid-19 restrictions, has increased between March and August this year, reveals a recent survey. Accordingly, 32.4 million people or almost 20 per cent of the country’s population, belong to the category of new poor. The number was 24.5 million in March. Income dropped by 18 per cent in urban slums and 15 per cent in villages from the levels in March this year, revealed the survey styled ‘PPRC-BIGD Rapid Research Response Phase IV Findings, Part II: Trends in COVID Impact on Livelihood, Coping, and Recovery’.
The number of people, who have entered into poverty amid Covid-19 restrictions, has increased between March and August this year, reveals a recent survey. Accordingly, 32.4 million people or almost 20 per cent of the country’s population, belong to the category of new poor. The number was 24.5 million in March. Income dropped by 18 per cent in urban slums and 15 per cent in villages from the levels in March this year, revealed the survey styled ‘PPRC-BIGD Rapid Research Response Phase IV Findings, Part II: Trends in COVID Impact on Livelihood, Coping, and Recovery’.
