Let there be Light, on the problems too

Corona virus is slowing spreading across the country & we are staring at a bleak future.

Of the many problems that we are facing, a few it could immediately think of:
- There's acute shortage of protective gear for doctors & other front-line workers. Do we plan to import equipment? If yes, will anyone give us now? What’s the plan?
- We haven't tested enough. I don’t think we have tested even 1% of our population is tested. What’s the plan for this?
- What's the plan for providing financial assistance to the daily labor & crores of common people who lost their livelihood.
- With shutdown, states are deprived of revenue & are staring at a huge mess. Many states stopped salaries to Govt employees & even pensioners.

Counter 1: FM Nirmala Seetharaman has announced a package of 1.7 lakh crores.
    - Go through the details of it & you will realize how big a joke it is. Not sure if even one citizen of this country benefited from it. And regarding the moratorium, Banks have understood from their own perspective & framed the rules such that no one will opt for it.

Counter 2: Aren’t the state CMs responsible for handling this?
   - Most of the problems mentioned above fall under the ambit of Central Govt. Many state governments have already stopped salaries to Govt employees & even pensioners. With empty coffers, they don’t have any bandwidth.

When PM announced that he will be addressing the nation, I was expecting that he will provide answers to these pressing problems. Instead, he asked to light diyas & explained the process of how to go about it. Had he addressed these issues first & then asked us to light diyas to show solidarity, I would have happily done it. Instead his speech is only about diyas. As citizens of this country, aren’t we supposed to know how these issues are addressed?

Dear PM, we have had high expectations on you & with things like these, next time when you announce that 'I will address the nation tonight', people started wondering & even predicting what could be the next ‘Big Boss’ task.

Yes, we may be doing better than many developed countries like UK & USA. But, shouldn't we compare with the ones doing better than us like Singapore, S.Korea, etc.

Am I asking too much?