New Delhi | Jagran News Desk: An astounding 93.5 per cent people in the country believe that Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government in handling the coronavirus pandemic in an effective manner, according to a survey conducted by IANS-C Voter.
According to the agency’s COVID-19 tracker, the number of people who laid trust on the Modi government on the first day of the lockdown was 76.8 but that has now increased to 93.5 per cent as of April 21.
Furthermore, according to the survey, the Index of Preparedness has gone up sharply in the past one month while the Index of Complacency has gone down.
According to the tracker conducted from March 16-April 20, the number of people planning ahead, captured by the Index of Preparedness is going ahead by stocking up more rations and medicines or keeping aside money to purchase them.
As many as 42.9 per cent respondents in the survey, as of April 20, have stocked up on rations and medicines for more than 3 weeks while those with less than 2 weeks is still higher at 56.9 per cent.
However, the number of people who have made preparations for less than a week are only 12.1 per cent.
IANS-CVoter COVID-19 Tracker further stated that most Indians are increasingly non complacent when it comes to the seriousness of the coronavirus threat and how seriously it should be taken.
A total of 54.4 per cent respondents say they either disagree or strongly disagree with the statement that "I believe the threat from the Coronavirus is exaggerated".
Meanwhile just 37.9 per cent said they tend to agree with the assertion. While 38.4 per cent seem to suggest they tend to take the threat very seriously and 16% seem to take it just seriously. They have 'strongly disagreed' and 'disagreed' with the statement respectively.
Meanwhile, 23.4 per cent respondents appear to be overtly complacent who 'strongly agrees' that the threat from the virus is indeed exaggerated. 14.5 per cent said they 'agrees' to the statement.