Necessities of Social Vulnerability and Gender-related Development Policies in Post COVID-19 India: A Theoretical Study of Purulia District, West Bengal

In India, the poorest of the poor are mostly found in rural areas. They were made up of marginal households, landless wage laborers, and the most vulnerable residents of the settlements. Poverty, inequality, illiteracy, women empowerment, and equity are major social issues in my interest area. At many times of the year, public utilities were the least accessible. In the current crisis globe, issues such as livelihood crises, fairness, food security, malnutrition, and the right to life are being debated. This study area, with a maximum of STs, populated the land area of WB, specifically Purulia, a section of the Chotanagpur Plateau. The topography of the whole district is rough, Basaltic, undulating, and dry. Employment opportunity in cultivation is shrinking seasonally, even day by day. It lost the attractiveness of ‘Bhumiputra’. Because excessive land dependency is one of the prevalent causes of poverty. The primary focus was how a lack of extension facilities forced them to find alternative occupations. While feminization of agriculture is a recent trend for sustenance. To enquire about the role of existing policies and administration in coping with current challenges. Excessive pressure on land, plot partition, tiny patch, crop failure, and market failure caused the male in towns to escape. The gradual male emigration leads to the feminization of agriculture. I followed some reports, gazetteers, and articles intensively to study both the economic and social consequences of COVID-19 on this most underprivileged pocket of rural WB. Women played a vital role in this famine phase of societal development. Gender-related development for the up-gradation of post-COVID rural India is strategically badly needed.