Kumer Singh, a resident of Amarpura village in Madhya Pradesh’s Sehore district, plunged into debt, as he had to buy mobile by taking loan for his daughter’s online schooling during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Closure of educational institutions due to the pandemic and then online education created trouble for many poor families of Madhya Pradesh, because these poverty-stricken families had to buy smartphones for their children’s education, for which they took a loan. And now they have to pay a huge price in the form of interest.