'Covid-19 has exposed India's failure to deliver even the most basic obligations to its people' writes ShankkarAiyar for CNN
Shankkar Aiyar is a prominent India-based political economy analyst, columnist and author. His most recent book,"The Gated Republic: India's Public Policy Failures and Private Solutions," was released in June. He tweets @ShankkarAiyar. View more opinion articles on CNN.
Days before India lifted its nationwide lockdown on June 1, the country's health ministry issued a press statement with a triumphant headline."15 countries with highest number of Covid-19 cases, with almost same population as India, have reported 34 times cases and 83 times deaths as reported in India," it said.
Fewer than 60 days later, India has reached a million Covid-19 cases. It is now third on the Johns Hopkins University tally of country cases, following the US and Brazil. Far from flattening the curve, India's graph of transmission is swinging skyward like a Mo Salah free kick.Shankkar Aiyar is a prominent India-based political economy analyst, columnist and author.
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