Indian economy and covid-19 pandemic: An analytical review

The Covid-19 pandemic has caused some irreversible loss to human lives and to the economies all across the globe. Former Reserve Bank of India chief Raghuram Rajan described the corona virus pandemic as the ‘greatest emergency since Independence’. The virus struck the country when the economy was already in a very fragile state. The growth rate in the country was low; unemployment was at an all time high. The present review paper discusses the impact of the pandemic on different sectors of Indian economy including agriculture.