 Impact of COVID-19 on low-income financial consumers in IndiaArdhendu Shekhar Singh, Dilip Ambarkhane and Bhama Venkataramani International Journal of Business and Globalisation, 2025, vol. 41, issue 4, 267-286 Abstract: The pandemic has enormously impacted human beings in general and people with low incomes in particular. It has eliminated the livelihood opportunities for those working in unorganised and small-scale industries. The consumption of products and services could have been higher and more specific. We used the secondary data to analyse the impact of the pandemic on low-income consumers. We found that the effect was felt more in the service sector; within it, financial services were a severely impacted sector. Low-income consumers needed more income to save, and at the same time, loan facilities to smoothen consumption were also unavailable. They faced limitations from the demand and supply sides. The pandemic also created fear and anxiety among consumers. Banks had to respond to it by taking measures like social distancing, protective equipment, etc., to eliminate those fears and uncertainties that have affected the consumption of financial services. This paper has analysed various factors affecting the consumption of financial services among low-income consumers. Keywords: low-income consumers; COVID-19; impact; financial services; microfinance; India. (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ids:ijbglo:v:41:y:2025:i:4:p:267-286 Access Statistics for this article More articles in International Journal of Business and Globalisation from Inderscience Enterprises Ltd |
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