Authors : HARSH KUMAR
Page Nos : 47-52
Description :
Today the world isthreatens by the spread of corona virus disease known as COVID -19. It started from WUHAN city of
china that is called the major transportation hub of china. Due to spread of COVID -19 the government bodies have
been taken many actions to breakdown its transmission. closure of sea ports and airports are one of them. They have
to stop transportation and banned import and export activities throughout the countries. India is the
developingcountry, the government has announced 41 days lockdown for the safety of the society and to reduce the
transmission of corona virus. All nations are dependent on each other because of economic, financial,
industrialreasons. China is the major distributer of the raw material to the countries. Due to lockdown, India’s import
and export highly affect the supply chains. Lack of supply from China all manufacturing activities, factories and
industries have to face the problem of shortage in raw materials. That’s why production of finished goods are less than
their demand. Less supply affected cost, demand, price and quality of finish goods that have and adverse effect on
supply chain and Indian economy. There are total 18 problems found which affect the supply chain in India. Thus, the
study about effect of COVID-19 on the supply chain and Indian economy will important for researches to developing
models to overcome the challenges to improve the situation.
