COVID-19 impact in India

This issue of Southasiadisasters.net offers a detailed overview of the various direct and indirect impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. India now holds the dubious distinction of having the second highest number of COVID-19 cases trailing only to the United States of America. As India settles to live with the "new normal" of rising COVID-19 cases and deaths, it is important to assess its impacts to plan for better recovery.

This issue's contents includes:

1. Impact of COVID-19 on humanitarian actions in India;
2. Humanitarian systemwide changes in data gathering: How virtual evidence is unfolding;
3. Pandemic response: Policy review;
4. COVID-19 care in India: The course to self-reliance;
5. Role of communications in COVID-19 response;
6. Impact of COVID-19 on environment conservation in India;
7. Oxfam India's COVID-19 response;
8. Challenges and opportunities in government-civil society organisations collaboration in COVID-19 pandemic response;
9. Use of wisdom in pandemic responses;
10. Lessons from the pandemic for building a sustainable and resilient future;
11. Capacity gaps to pandemic response in villages and cities;
12. Legasis role in COVID-19 response;
13. COVID-19 pandemic and policy concerns;
14. Impact of COVID-19 on Kachchh Pastoral Communities: Our experiences;
15. Youth in India: What youth in India can learn on adaptation;
16. Citizen science: Critical for achieving long term conservation goals;
17. NPO response to Covid-19 in India;
18. COVID-19 in Assam: A CSO view;
19. Locating COVID-19 between ecology and economics; and
20. Climate action: What's next for India.