If the past two years have taught us one thing about the Covid-19 pandemic, it is that it’s an uncalibrated public policy challenge. Officially, over 5.5 million people have died across the world till date. Each country is being confronted with its own set of problems informed by multiple factors. These include resources, severity of spread, emergence of variants, access to science and capacity within the state. The virus hit India hard in the second wave of March-May 2021. From developing and manufacturing vaccines to extending food support to over 800 million poor, the scale of effort has been monumental. India’s response……

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