‘The overload adversely impacted productivity’ Almost half of 6,000 Indian consumers who were surveyed recently said they encountered an information overload during the pandemic. About 52% of those surveyed also said the number of sources they checked for information each day had risen substantially. The survey, conducted by Nasdaq-listed Information Management Solutions firm, OpenText, to understand the impact of information overload on people during the pandemic, showed that 44% felt this information overload had added to their daily stress. Also, two in five respondents felt a more streamlined information database would be helpful to deal with the varied information sources such as emails, diaries, news feeds, company websites, calendars, etc. while making a work or home-life related decision. Some 43% felt the need to remember multiple passwords to access each app had added to their anxieties.