The Study on the Impact of COVID-19 on the government policies in the Chatarshahpur Village, Uttar Pradesh

Abstract : The main objective of the research work in the Chatarshahpur village of Bhadohi district in Uttar Pradesh was to study the impact of COVID-19 on the government policies running in the village. The pandemic has affected the lives drastically in the whole country. When life in the tier-1 cities was most affected, most of the population started the reverse migration, which means migrating back to villages from the cities. It was the village and the villagers who welcomed these migrants with an open heart and also made necessary arrangements for their quarantine. The pandemic has affected almost everyone. The workings of the big companies were also affected badly, which resulted in job losses. The majority of the migrants from the village, Chatarshahpur, are also engaged in the private sector. When the pandemic hit, they lost their jobs and returned back to their village, and the majority of them joined their family members in farming. The government policies helped the people sustain their livelihood in the time of the pandemic as in this tough time for the needy and the poor such as the Public Distribution System. We took this research topic to get a better view on what was the ground reality of the workings of the policies.