2020 CE · public health crisis
COVID-19 Pandemic and Nationwide Lockdown
As COVID-19 spread in India, the Union government ordered a nationwide lockdown under the Disaster Management Act beginning on 25 March 2020. The restrictions sharply reduced ordinary movement and economic activity and created severe hardship for migrant workers and other vulnerable groups, prompting successive relief, transport and reopening measures as the pandemic evolved.
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