Why is @FT complaining? This is precisely what they & various international "experts" wanted India to do. It is inevitable if a large sum of money has to be spent suddenly. Do not blame UK bureaucrats & politicians. Hold the "experts" accountable. 1/n https://www.ft.com/content/41d5fe0a-7b46-4dd7-96e3-710977dff81c

Global gyaanis and columnists with zero accountability & skin-in-the-game give random advice, but never held responsible. Some of you will recall this article of mine written in response to Prof Stiglitz's comments on India's Covid response.

Indeed, the "advice" and the "assessment of success" changes according to the expert's political preferences. They will simultaneously criticise a strict lockdown & open strategies, and everything in between, without a hint of irony. 3/n

The same runs with structural reforms. The "expert" will criticise the exact same measures that he/she advocated for decades if it happens to be politically expedient at that moment.

Of all the forms of dishonesty, the most damaging to a society is intellectual dishonesty. 4/n