The center and the states are not discussing matters and that is marring the response to the pandemic The confusion in the resumption of domestic air travel is only the latest symptom of how little the centre and states...
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Prosenjit Datta
No Country For Migrant Workers
The pandemic has bared the attitude of the authorities towards workers. As the lockdown keeps getting extended again and again, the attitude of the union government and the state governments towards migrant workers is...
The Looming Supply Shock
Policy makers have been worrying about the consumption slowdown for some time. But the far greater danger could be the supply side choking up. Even before the Coronavirus pandemic upturned the globe, finance ministry...
Lockdown: The Chaos Continues
So far, the union government’s fight against the coronavirus pandemic has been more theatrics and less planning and good execution Prime Minister Narendra Modi has a flair for dramatics and a yen for suspense. He...
Manufacturing Strategies for a Post-Covid-19 World
A look at the lessons learnt from the lockdown and the five things that are likely to change in manufacturing after the pandemic. The lockdown will be over eventually even in states that have decided to extend it beyond...
Lockdown Diaries 7: A Hard Stop
The factories shut down overnight. Then some started partially and some are hoping to start soon. But normalcy will take months, if not years. According to the Annual Survey of Industries (ASI) 2017-18 report...
An Exploding Humanitarian Crisis
The 40-day lockdown may well flatten the curve. But for the poor and the ailing, the treatment prescribed may be worse than the disease. Twenty-seven days into the national lockdown, it is apparent that the union...
Wasting a Lockdown
The first 21 days have been frittered away by the Union government. The remaining period should be utilised properly. Whether India should have imposed a national lockdown when relatively few cases of Coronavirus had...
Lockdown Diaries5: What Is An Essential Product?
Essential goods and services should be available uninterrupted said the Prime Minister. But who decides what is essential and what is not? “Essential”— The Dictionary defines it as “completely necessary” or...
Lockdown Diaries4: The Last Mile Man
The delivery boys had to bear the brunt of the chaos following the lockdown announcement As far as the social and financial hierarchy goes, the delivery boy – or delivery partner, as online businesses like to...
