NEW DELHI: With India in the midst of a 21-day lockdown, nearly 61% Indians believe that the pandemic will lead to an economic recession, according to a YouGov India online survey conducted between March 24 to 27.In terms of different age groups, GenX (66%) and Baby Boomers (72%) are more likely to expect a recession than their younger counterparts, Gen Z (54%) and millennials (57%). Similarly, residents of tier-1 cities are more likely to say this as compared to those from tier-2 and tier-3 cities.Another 45% also believe that it will lead to job losses, with those in north India being more likely to think this at 50% and those in west India being the least likely to do so (at 37%).Overall, 95% urban Indians say they agree that a lockdown can help fight the spread of coronavirus . As many as 91% respondents also said that the Indian government was doing very well or fairly well in handling the issue.At the same time, the survey also indicated that there is rising fear related to Covid-19 among urban Indians, with six out of ten (64%) saying that they are very or fairly scared about contracting the virus, an increase of 10% as compared to 54% the week before. At the same time, 27% claimed that they were neither very scared nor at all scared about contracting the virus.In terms of regions, those in north India seem more worried about contracting the Coronavirus with 68% saying they are very scared or fairly scared of this as compared to 57% last week. In comparison, this fear is lesser in the residents from south India at 57%.When it comes to the other consequences of Covid-19, nearly half of the respondents feel that the pandemic will result in the hoarding of essential items (51%) and cause a large number of deaths due to infection (49%).Over a third (37%) also say government-mandated food rationing will start in the future. A significant percentage of respondents also expect extreme outcomes, with 36% anticipating deaths in some socio-economic groups due to hunger, 27% believing that the military will be brought in to enforce lockdowns and 14% expecting riots. A higher number of residents of north India expect these consequences as compared to those of other parts of India, possibly due to their higher levels of fear.