India is on its way to completing its demographic transition. It should stop fretting about the population problem. Instead, it needs to invest massively in education and health and provide stable, well-paying jobs.

As the election rallies continued, the growth rate of average daily cases accelerated. The result is the explosion of cases that has overwhelmed the healthcare system.

By shifting from rice and wheat crops, which get overemphasis both in terms of cultivation and procurement, to coarse grains such as bajra, maize can go a long way in correcting issues concerned with MSP.

The spread of the coronavirus epidemic in India looks almost unstoppable.

The spread of the COVID-19 epidemic in India looks almost unstoppable.

The spread of the COVID-19 epidemic in India looks almost unstoppable.

Low testing rate does not fully account for the low prevalence of COVID-19 in India, contrary to what critics might claim. The test-positivity rate for India is low, but that is not the full story – contrary to what the government might claim.

The severity of the COVID-19 outbreak seems to be correlated with whether a country has a universal BCG vaccination (at birth) in place and how long it has been in existence.

The daily growth rate of case counts had been declining over the past week and should have led to greater pubic health interventions rather than almost exclusive reliance on enforced social distancing.

These numbers convey the simple fact that without radical changes in policy orientation and the institutional setup, economic problems relating to the vast majority of the working population in India is here to stay for a long, long time.