helps us heal our stress.

The way people are attached here

and the way they communicate, the

respect they show, reflects the

manners and etiquettes that we

often miss in urban areas. People

here are concerned for each other

and are always ready with a helping

hand for other people. People here

celebrate each and every festival

with a feeling of togetherness and

this way we witness our traditions

and culture. We experience dance
forms that are still unrecognised. We
come across various varities of
foods items that we will never get to
eat in the luxury longues of cities

and many more experiences.

It has been good to see our govt.

taking measures for the

development of our rural India and

we are achieving these targets

through the use of advanced

technologies. We should be always

proud that we are the citizens of

India and feel blessed to be called

Indians.While we have learned a lot about the social and economic
impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and policy responses to
it, many countries continue to face difficult decisions as they
confront new waves of infections and medium term impacts.
In this post, Sherwin Gabriel and colleagues present results
from modeling the economic effects of short-term social
protection measures, especially targeted at lower income
households, in the face of new waves of infection and
pressure on public expenditures. Results suggest that in
addition to the benefits of direct aid, forms of emergency
social support have positive macroeconomic impacts.
Johan Swinnen, series co-editor and IFPRI Director General.

Almost 18 months after the onset of economic downturns
caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries are
struggling with uneven recoveries across sectors, as some types
of workers and industries are better able to resume their
activities than others. Even in the best-case scenarios this
recovery would have been precarious, but the spread of new
virus variants has cast doubt on the hopes for rapid reopening
and recovery, especially for low and middle income countries
with low vaccination rates.

South Africa is now experiencing a third wave of COVID-19
infections, accompanied by renewed restrictions on movement
and economic activity. Due to the Delta variant's strong
transmissibility, cases have risen dramatically in the province of
Gauteng, home to Johannesburg and more than a quarter of
the country's population, and neighboring provinces such as the same time is not a problem with friends and family members in the evening