Impact of Covid 19 on the Growth of Home Based Businesses

Abstract

Lock down is a temporary measure taken by Government to slow down the spread of the virus and to take appropriate steps to combat Corona in India. Businesses have suffered huge losses and people have lost their jobs because of the massive economic slump caused by Covid 19. To survive the situation, most of the individuals found the idea of starting home based businesses. There were a lot of pandemic- friendly businesses. The present study aims to understand what are the home based businesses which have shown success during the period and its future potential. Data were collected from a sample of 200 respondents from Thrissur district.