Globally, too, there is optimism for the Indian economy but much of it is based on extrapolating from the country’s potential and significant challenges remain.
Interview: ‘India’s vaccine Plan A was the pandemic disappearing. Its new plan makes no sense’
Murali Neelakantan and Ashish Kulkarni on what McDonalds tells us about vaccine procurement and why the Centre’s plan is all wrong. 4 hours ago A medical worker prepares to inoculate a traffic policeman with a Covid-19 vaccine in Bengaluru on February 26. | Manjunath Kiran/ AFP
The Indian government made a dramatic change to its vaccine policy on April 19. Until then it had followed the approach taken by most countries around the world – the Centre procures the vaccines, distributes them to states and hospitals for delivery to the people through a phased rollout.