Corona's impact affected the income of 65 percent of people, a new survey claims

- 16 percent lost full income

New Delhi on Thursday, October 1, 2020

Corona's sins adversely affected the income of 65 per cent of the country's population, including 16 per cent of those whose income was completely wiped out.

Such a claim was made in a recent survey. A survey by an organization called Paisabazar found adverse effects on Corona's economy. According to the survey, the income of 70 per cent people in the capital New Delhi and NCR was adversely affected.

Of these, 16 per cent were people whose incomes were completely depleted. In second place was Bengaluru where 67 per cent said their income had declined while 12 per cent claimed complete loss of income. The figures were 63 per cent and 20 per cent in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, 63 per cent and 26 per cent in Mumbai, 52 per cent and nine per cent in Chennai.

A total of 8,616 people from 37 cities of the country were symbolically interrogated. These were people who had an average debt of one lakh rupees. The figures for those who could pay interest on the loan were as follows: 66 per cent in Chennai, 55 per cent in Hyderabad, 53 per cent in Delhi NCR, 49 per cent in Bengaluru and 48 per cent in Mumbai.

Fifty-six percent of those surveyed said they chose the moratorium to pay their credit card bills. These were people whose 22 percent had no adverse effects from the lockdown. Among the jobs, 53 per cent chose the moratorium. 22% were people who had completely lost income.