Modi govt’s handling of migrants’ rail fares exposes its confusion. Congress cornered it
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Modi govt’s handling of migrants’ rail fares exposes its confusion. Congress cornered it

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Modi government has exposed itself to charges of class bias by its refusal to bear the rail fare of poor migrants but not charging to fly back Indians stranded abroad. This underlines how clueless it is on the migrants’ crisis. For once, it has lost the narrative to the Congress.

4,057 Covid lockdown notifications show India’s maximum government embarrassingly inefficient

The management of the coronavirus crisis is an embarrassing reminder of all that is regressive and wrong with India’s governance. A mind-numbing 4,057 state and central notifications in 4 months – from number of motorcycle riders to feeding stray dogs – shows maximum government is alive and kicking. And also grossly inefficient.