This theme aims to understand the effect of the Covid-19 on lives and livelihoods of rural
households in India. The focus will be on immediate effect of Covid-19 induced lockdown
and overlapping effects on the various sections of the rural population and the multiple
coping and adaptive responses.

This sub-theme focuses on the institutional and organizational aspects of various forms of women collectives along with their functional role and impact in the community..

Collectives for farm produce marketing

This sub-theme focuses on the role and viability of farmer collectives in providing
market linkages to farm produce and other farm services.

MGNREGA emerged as the important safety net for rural India during the Covid-19 pandemic. Under this theme, we seek papers on MGNREGA, based on primary as well as secondary sources, which put more light on the role of MGNREGA, during pandemic and otherwise.