The committee also took up issues related to vaccine safety and surveillance, and strategy for community involvement through transparent information and awareness creation.
Prioritising groups to be given vaccine, logistics and cold chain will be dwelt on by national expert group headed by V K Paul of NITI Aayog
"A lot of this is desired but on many occasions fails in implementation. We find policies aplenty, but putting them into action is less common," says Anandorup Ghose, partner, Deloitte India
Companies wait for government orders as top medical research group says health workers must get first inoculation
In this duration, the number of deaths rose from 25,000 to 40,000
The priorities include setting up an international bullion exchange also.
Iyer was given a year's extension to take on the task of providing drinking water to all households by 2024 in February this year.
Positivity rate has also dropped from around 35 per cent in June to five per cent, the Delhi CM said
While total number of cases in India is close to 1.5 mn, over 63% patients have recovered. The country also reached the milestone of more than 500,000 tests in a day on Sunday
The drop in the curve, experts say, is partially because of the pandemic playing itself out, and partially because of the two cities finally getting their act together
The first of a two-part series looks at challenges involved in plasma therapy
The second of a two-part series looks at how effective plasma therapy is in the fight against Covid-19
Authority says independence of the statutory auditor in mind and appearance was totally compromised, accuses Udayan Sen of intentional reckless behaviour
Covid curve for the national capital begins to see declining trend registering less than 1,000 positive cases on Tuesday
Looking at India numbers makes little sense, as handful of states dominate growth in cases
Maharashtra and Delhi have seen the highest number of coronavirus deaths in the country so far.
Even if one compares the expenditure month-on-month, the decline has been substantial at nearly 70 per cent
Southern states, where the growth was relatively slow, have increased their tally in a big way recently.
For 2020-21, Rs 23,500 crore was allocated for the implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission
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