International Journal of Early Childhood Special Education (INT-JECSE) DOI:10.9756/INTJECSE/V14I7.51 ISSN: 1308-5581 Vol 14, Issue 07 2022 514 IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON RURAL LIVELIHOOD: A REVIEW Mr. Suresh Kashinath Ghatge (Corresponding Author) Ph.D. Research Scholar, Department of Sociology MIT WPU, Pune. Email: suresh.k.ghatge@gmail.com Prof. (Dr.) Anuradha Parasar Professor School of Liberal Education, Galgotia University, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India Email: anuradhaparasar99@gmail.com ABSTRACT The study sheds light on the effects of COVID-19 on rural livelihood and economic stability. The pandemic crisis has immensely impacted the employment rate and agriculture in India. The rural population of India is majorly connected with agriculture as agriculture is the basic way of income for the rural population. Although the unemployment rate in rural India has increased, the agricultural sector has experienced effective growth during the pandemic crisis. Thereafter, the government of India has implemented initiatives under particular schemes and policies which are discussed in this study. The researcher has used secondary sources for gathering information about the impact of the pandemic crisis on rural livelihood in India. A secondary quantitative research technique is used in this research paper which refers to the collection of numerical data by using secondary sources. All the collected data are analysed graphically and descriptively by using the SPSS software. Keywords: rural livelihood, economic stability, agriculture, rural India, unemployment, adoption of schemes INTRODUCTION Every country has faced a decline in the economy due to Covid19. In this regard, India has faced a decline in GDP growth, especially during 2019 and 2020. The GDP of India has been around 2831.55 trillion U.S. dollars in 2019 which increased to 2667.69 trillion U.S. dollars in 2020 (Statista, 2022). The GDP has enhanced to a great extent due to the efforts of the industries to sell more products and services in the country. However, the GDP distribution in the agricultural sector has increased from 15.97% in 2018 to 16.68% in 2019 as compared with other industries whose GDP distribution has decreased from 26.41% in 2018 to 24.6% in 2019 (Statista, 2022). The decrease in GDP distribution in 2019 in the agricultural sector and other industries has been showing the impact of covid19 on other industries.