Economics
Tens of Millions Plunge Into Poverty in Covid-Ravaged India
- Shrinking incomes, savings to weigh on economic recovery
- Pew study shows pandemic pushed 75 million into poverty
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After dipping into his savings to weather India’s snap pandemic lockdown last March, Manoj Kumar was just getting his head above water again earning 600 rupees ($8) a day as a construction worker in the tourist hotspot of Goa.