Assessing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
On the socio-economic situation of vulnerable populations through community-based monitoring

Highlights
The COVID-19 pandemic and the ensuing lockdown had adversely affected peoples’ lives, particularly the marginalized sections of the populations with loss of livelihoods, food shortage and disruptions in access to health services and education.
This Report is based on findings using Community Based Monitoring (CBM) in seven states over four rounds during the period June-July till December 2020. The Report has brought out the voices of the vulnerable populations, as they experienced disruptions caused by COVID-19 pandemic.
