00819nam a22001097a 4500008004100000100001700041245004200058260004400100300003000144520049100174773004400665210928b           ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aVyas, Mahesh  aImpact of lockdown on labour in India  aThe Indian Journal of Labour Economics   a63(1), Oct, 2020: p.73-77  aThe COVID-19-induced lockdown is an unprecedented event. It has rendered millions of people unemployed for an extraordinarily long period in the interest of saving lives from an uncontrollable virus. The lockdown began slowly and hesitatingly in mid-March as many state governments announced local lockdowns till the end of March. But, the nation-wide lockdown that began on 25 March was unparalleled. It was severe, prolonged, confusing and unpredictable in multiple ways. - Reproduced  aThe Indian Journal of Labour Economics