West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee has refused to let go of former state Chief Secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay and has announced that he will serve as the Chief Advisor to the CM from tomorrow.
The immediate priority for policymakers is to address the health crisis and contain economic damages with support for households, firms and essential services.
With a sustained dip in revenues, the states are justified in seeking relief from the Centre. However, they have to also do their own bit to revive the economy.
In the scenario of continually evolving knowledge, we see the steps undertaken to contain the pandemic being labelled anything from insufficient to draconian.
India Today Editor-in-Chief talks about how the pandemic and lockdown have crippled the Indian economy, and what needs to be done to navigate this crisis, in the September 7, 2020 edition of the India Today Magazine.
Access to essential health services has suffered a major setback, as the focus of India’s public health system shifted to managing and containing the Covid-19 pandemic.
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