It is now generally accepted that another two weeks of lockdown will impose immeasurable harm on the economy, even though the government has allowed some activities to restart. The opinion pages focus on the gaps in the Centre’s Covid-19 policies and the agenda for the economy going forward. Kanika Datta sums up the views.
The lockdown is necessary to contain the spread of Covid-19, but it is not yet clear how the government intends to contain the overall economic damage, says the lead edit. Read it here
Naushad Forbes outlines four focus areas for a sustainable reopening of