Abstract:
The study examines to identify the impacts of COVID-19 on the household gem mining industry. In order
to obtain the objective of socio-economic effect on household income, this study used household income
as dependent variable and education, monthly consumption cost and number of family member as
independents variables. Pelmadulla divisional secretariat. The primary data were collected through
structured questionnaires, focus group discussions and interviews by the cluster sampling method. M S
Excel and SPSS -26 software were used for descriptive and multiple regression analysis. This study found
few impacts through descriptive analysis, such as saving decreasing, fewer working days, and health issues
quite high due to the lockdown and travel restrictions. Moreover, this study revealed that education and the
number of family members have had positive impacts, while monthly consumption costs have had a
negative impact on the income level of households. Thus, negative and positive relations between variables
lead to promoting the socio-economic status of the household gem mining industry. Hence, this research
draws up a few recommendations to improve the socio-economic status of the household. The government
should consider the gem mining field and also take the proper policy for those workers to overcome such a
situation in the future.
