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Centre rejects RTI seeking details on COVID-19 vaccine pricing, says 'prejudicially affect interests of State' -Saurav Das

-Firstpost.com

Most experts agree that Centre has fixed current price of COVID-19 vaccine at Rs 250 only after factoring in the reduced expenses of the two companies, large volume of orders they are to get, affordability of the masses and the major hurdle of vaccine hesitancy it faces

The COVID-19 vaccination drive is in full swing. The Centre had recently announced that both COVISHIELD and COVAXIN will be administered free of cost in all government-run facilities across the country, while it went on to set a ceiling price of Rs 250 in all private facilities. Out of this amount, private facilities will deduct Rs 100 towards service charge and the balance Rs 150 is what the vaccine companies will get.

Replying to an RTI filed by this reporter asking how and on what basis the vaccine prices were fixed, the Union Health Ministry refused to reveal any details citing Section 8(1)(a) of the RTI Act. The reply from Under Secretary DNK Kutumba Rao of Vaccine Administration Cell claimed that revealing this information "may prejudicially affect the strategic, scientific and economic interests of the State".

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