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Power Consumption in Rural India Plummeted by Nearly 70% During Lockdown: Interview

Cash-strapped rural India preferred spending on essential goods and services instead

July 20, 2020

/ Ankita Rajeshwari
/ Markets & Policy, Other
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The lockdown announced in India to curb the virus was one of the longest in the world, and as a result, millions of migrant workers were forced to make their way back home, having lost their livelihood in cities.

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