IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON DISTRICT LEVEL FARM CREDIT- MAHARASHTRA

The Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic origin from Wuhan city of China in Dec, 2019 (Zhou, Z. M. et al 2020) spread across globe and on 31st January 2020 World Health Organization (WHO), declared (PHEIC, 2020) the outbreak of Covid-19 as a international public health emergency. The first case of Covid-19 identified in Kerala on 27th January 2020 (Andrews, M. A., et al., 2020) in India and on 9th March 2020 in Maharashtra. In response to counter the pandemic the government of India had declared the first nation wise lockdown on 24th March 2020 for 21 days and further extended the lockdown three times and continued till 31st May 2019 in event of surging number of cases in India and Maharashtra. The first unlock down had been started from 1st June 2020The sudden lockdown declared by government had put the various types of economic crises on individuals. The complete shutdown of all economic activities across all sectors, industries and factories barring some essential services to counter the pandemic had put the pressure on the economy.