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Shot in the Back: PM CARES Hasn't Given Rs 100 Crore to Develop COVID Vaccines, RTI Reply Says

-TheWire.in

None of the departments associated with India's COVID-19 vaccine development efforts received any money from the fund.

New Delhi: Even as the COVID-19 pandemic had its second-worst impact in India, among the world’s countries, and as its vaccine supply has suffered through many ups and downs, the PM CARES Fund, which Prime Minister Narendra Modi set up to deal “with any kind of emergency or distress situation,” failed to allocate the sum of Rs 100 crore it promised for vaccine development.

This came to light in response to a query filed under the Right to Information (RTI) Act.

In response to the application by activist Commodore Lokesh Batra (retd.), the Union health ministry admitted: “So far, as information from [Health and Public Education] Division is concerned, it is stated that no funds have been received from PM CARES Fund for vaccine development.”

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