The union government’s role and the prices announced by the vaccine makers raises far too many disquieting questions. What is the total cost to the government of vaccinating everyone in India? The calculation is...
The announcement of Serum Institute’s prices for state governments and private hospitals raise quite a few questions Serum Institute of India’s (SII) announcement of the Covishield prices it will charge the union...
While fixing vaccine supplies, the government also needs to take care of these three things it has ignored so far The government and the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) finally seem to have woken up to the...
It is clear that not enough planning was done for the vaccination programe The lack of planning and sheer casualness with which India’s Covid vaccination programme was rolled out is becoming increasingly apparent every...
The vaccination programme needs to be speeded up. Here are some suggestions As a fresh wave of COVID cases engulfs the nation, the government needs to urgently rethink its options and move faster than it has so far...
Prosenjit Datta, Editor of Prosaicview discuss the uncertainties caused by the delay in renewing the Service Exports from India Scheme (SEIS) and the impact on Indian exports because of that with Mahesh Jaising, Partner...
It is often what is not in the Budget speech that gives a better insight into the government’s thinking. A quick look at some of them As in every Budget these days, it is not what is said in the Budget speech but what...
The Finance Minister would do well to keep these basic principles in mind It is the job of opinion writers to give advice to the government. It is the prerogative of the government to ignore them. Before any budget...
Setting up something like this ignores the basic issues that caused the bad loans in the first place From time to time, the idea of the Bad Bank, which will house all the bad loans of public sector banks and deal with...
Five things to keep in mind to separate the noise from the substance For business editors, corporate titans and economists, the great Budget circus is an annual national event second only to, perhaps, IPL. The build up...