₹9,725 crore spent so far on Covid-19 vax programme
New Delhi:24.07.2021
A total of around ₹9,725 crore has been spent so far on the Covid-19 vaccination programme including procurement of vaccines and operational cost for vaccination, the government informed the Parliament on Friday.
It also maintained that there has been no delay in procurement of jabs and that the target of delivering 135 crore doses between August and December is on track, minister of state for health, Bharti Pravin Pawar, said in response to a question from Congress MP Rahul Gandhi and TMC’s Mala Roy.
“Between August 2021 to December 2021, a total of 135 crore doses of Covid-19 vaccine are expected to be available. There has been no delay in entering into purchase agreements with the domestic vaccine manufacturers. Advance payments have also been made to manufacturers for the supply orders placed with them,” Pawar said. TNN
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