Health ministry officials say there is no ban on exports but govt is expanding the vaccination drive for which India needs more vaccines for domestic consumption.
Come 1 April, India’s Covid-19 vaccination programme — already the largest in the world — is set to get even bigger as vaccinations open up for all those aged over 45 years.
So far, people who were eligible but hadn’t registered could only get the jab up to 5 pm. Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain says they just need to carry ID proof like Aadhaar.
Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said Telangana, AP & UP recorded 17.6%, 11.6% and 9.4% vaccine wastage, respectively. States deny figures, point to vial shelf life, turnout at health centres.
Maharashtra wants more doses as it plans to vaccinate 3 lakh individuals per day. It has also requested the health ministry to allow more centres to vaccinate people.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his address to states Wednesday, asked them to scale up RT-PCR tests & follow the golden rule of ‘testing, tracking and tracing’ to curb the spread.
India has administered 3.48 crore doses to recipients in the country. Meanwhile, govt has commercially exported over 3.39 crore doses to countries around the world.
With two hostile neighbours in the immediate vicinity and one in the greater region, it is imperative that New Delhi forge alliances that can offer some stability.
Recommendations appear in Niti Aayog’s Tax Policy Working Paper Series–II. It says there is a need to shift away from fear-based enforcement to trust-based governance.
In service with the British military since 2019, it is also known as the Martlet missile. Ukrainians have also deployed these missiles against Russian troops.
Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.
ashok, You are typical selfish, opportunist, nationalist indian. Whatever happened to your guru feku modi’s bragging before world leaders that we are biggest, largest vaccine manufacturer and we will save humanity with our vaccines blah blah?. Now he backtracked and showed his true colors on how selfish, untrustworthy he can be. He knew there will be huge demand in India, still he placed orders for mere 12m and another 10m in Jan/Feb. Because of him, production was suspended in Jan/Feb. He was totally incompetent and arrogant. Now whole world knows what vaccine maitiri of feku is. Indians should hang their head in shame by government’s incompetency, selfishness.
Praiseworthy. That is how it is being done all over the world.
ashok, You are typical selfish, opportunist, nationalist indian. Whatever happened to your guru feku modi’s bragging before world leaders that we are biggest, largest vaccine manufacturer and we will save humanity with our vaccines blah blah?. Now he backtracked and showed his true colors on how selfish, untrustworthy he can be. He knew there will be huge demand in India, still he placed orders for mere 12m and another 10m in Jan/Feb. Because of him, production was suspended in Jan/Feb. He was totally incompetent and arrogant. Now whole world knows what vaccine maitiri of feku is. Indians should hang their head in shame by government’s incompetency, selfishness.