What Google data tells us about India’s economic recovery

A pedestrian walks past a cobbler selling facemasks and sanitisers on the roadside after the authorities eased restrictions imposed as a preventive measure against the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus, in Hyderabad on July 10, 2020. — AFP

India’s economy is struggling to overcome the adverse hit from the world’s biggest lockdown, a series of high-frequency indicators show.

From power consumption to jobs to Google’s mobility trends, the figures show activity has picked up from the record slump registered in April, but the recovery has a long way to go.