The Reserve Bank of India’s latest statistics of household savings and debt paint a dismal picture How badly has Covid 19 hit Indian household finances? The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI’s) household savings and...
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Prosenjit Datta
Don’t Let Their Deaths Go in Vain
Every death is a tragedy. But lessons learnt from each death can help protect others. More than one thousand doctors have died in India due of Covid, according to the Indian Medical Association (IMA) – over 244 in the...
The Economic Costs of Not Vaccinating Everyone
This should be the question — not what is the cost of vaccinating At the time of writing this piece, heated arguments are taking place about the total cost of vaccination; who will pay; and how much they need to...
The Real Cost of Vaccinating Everyone
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 Mystery of Covishield Pricing
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...
Too many shortcuts
The DCGI needs to realise that unlike a vaccine will eventually be given to the entire population and that is why it is particularly important to be careful about approving it. The Coronavirus pandemic has tested the...
