![India has ranked 168th out of 180 in the 2020 Environmental Performance Index (EPI); the country faces serious environmental health risks [Al Jazeera]](https://southasiatimes.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/000_8V9346.webp "Environmental degradation")
India Ranks 168th on Environmental Performance Index
News Desk
July 9, 2020
India has ranked 168th out of 180 in the 2020 Environmental Performance Index (EPI); the country faces serious environmental health risks
India has ranked 168th out of 180 in the 2020 Environmental Performance Index (EPI); the country faces serious environmental health risks
![Migrant workers usually leave India for Nepal in October and return home around April. This time, the ongoing pandemic hampered their return [Al Jazeera].](https://southasiatimes.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Migrant-workers.webp "Migrant Workers")
Migrant workers usually leave India for Nepal in October and return home around April. This time, the ongoing pandemic hampered their return.
These trying times have severely affected many emerging-market economies and the countries will need to be innovative and highly targeted with limited funding.
Currently, the COVID-19 crisis is the worst health emergency the world is witnessing. The worst toll it has taken is on the economy. The US
Last weekend, OPEC+
countries agreed on cutting outputs to stabilize the dramatic slide in prices. This deal was
supposed to keep the oil from flooding the market until the demand was returned to its normal
levels.
![The Afghan government has initiated digging trenches to capture rainwater and snowmelt on a mountain on the outskirts of Kabul [Al Jazeera].](https://southasiatimes.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Kabul.jpeg "Kabul")
The Afghan government has initiated digging trenches to capture rainwater and snowmelt on a mountain on the outskirts of Kabul.
Due to the uncertainty looming over the global economy, the International Monetary Fund has quashed its economic forecasts once again.
Around the world, major stock markets have responded positively to the oil cuts agreed upon by major OPEC and non-OPEC oil producers until late July.
The (EPI) scorecard is calculated every year to analyze the performance of different countries in adhering to UN (SDGs) on the ecological paradigm.
There are two important components of an economic response to this pandemic outbreak. The first is building infrastructures like hospital facilities and quarantine facilities, preparing the staff to deal with the SOPs and procuring equipment. The second component is to adopt policies that help mitigate the economic repercussions of social distancing.