A research survey done in Ladakh after the sudden lockdown was announced on March 25 has found that the income of 40% families had become absolutely zero during April-June, and the average per capita income of the 106 families under consideration had become one-fourth of their pre-lockdown income. The sample, though not a representative one of the entire population of Ladakh, gives a glimpse into the ground level reality in the newly formed Union territory located in the Himalayan region.
The telephonic survey, mainly done by scholars from Jawaharlal Nehru University, also found that one-fourth of the families had become heavily indebted due to the lockdown, with extreme job insecurity and income vulnerability engulfing the common people. As many as 45% of the poorer families said they did not get free ration, 80% did not get free gas cylinder and 90% of them said they did not get any money in their Jan Dhan bank accounts even after three months of the announcement of PM Garib Kalyan Yojana.
— source newsclick.in | 20 Jul 2020