"The government was not able to handle the economic fallout for the poor. [...] The COVID-19 outbreak is yet another demonstration of how the Indian poor are systematically excluded from the governmentâs policy-making. A case in point is the governmentâs failure to account for the 40 million poor and homeless children before declaring the lockdown. The COVIDâ19 episode in India has proved that, to date, the voices of the poor are unheard in the decision-making and policies that affect them the most. Further, data and evidence regarding them are least likely to be considered by the government when framing policies."
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