The Political Fix: Will pressure from the Supreme Court and states prompt a Modi U-turn on vaccines?
The Political Fix: Will pressure from the Supreme Court and states prompt a Modi U-turn on vaccines?
The Centre is itself trying to blame the policy on the states, saying it knew all along that it was a bad idea. 2 hours ago
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The Big Story: Round about
A month and a half ago, India’s Union Government introduced sudden changes to its vaccination policy that it said would liberalise and accelerate India’s campaign to inoculate all adults. At the time we called some of the moves baffling and talked about how they seemed like a panicked reaction to an unforeseen second wave.