India's 21-day lockdown to 'flatten the curve' has hit small and medium businesses hard. The country's unemployment numbers are at a 43-year high and according to CMIE estimates, unemployment has shot up from 8.4% in mid-March to 23%.

The Wire's Mitali Mukherjee speaks with CMIE's managing director Mahesh Vyas to decode thee numbers and what lies ahead.

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