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US contributed USD 2 billion to GAVI for COVAX facility
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 5 (ANI): US has so far contributed USD 2 billion to GAVI for COVAX facility, a global risk-sharing mechanism for pooled procurement and equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines.
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Anurag Thakur alleges Punjab charging four times basic COVID vaccine price
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 3 (ANI): Union Minister Anurag Thakur on Thursday alleged that the Punjab government is charging four times above the basic price of COVID-19 vaccine procurement while over 11.50 lakh doses were wasted by the Rajasthan government.
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Wheat procurement reaches all time high benefiting 44.12 lakh farmers
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 2 (ANI): While 12.70 per cent more wheat was procured in comparison to last year corresponding period, paddy procurement also reached at all time high level, surpassing previous high of 773.45 LMT in KMS 2019-20.
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Odisha's Naveen Patnaik writes to all CMs, seeks consensus for Centre proc
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], June 2 (ANI): Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has written to Chief Ministers of all states and Union Territories stating that instead of competing against each other for vaccines they should arrive at a consensus to demand a centralised procurement of gl
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Piyush Goyal calls for adding more participants in GeM, public procurement
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 1 (ANI): Piyush Goyal, Minister of Commerce and Industry on Tuesday called upon Government e-Marketplace (GeM) to expand its scope and to include more participants in the GeM portal for public procurement of both products and services.
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Odisha writes to Centre to intervene in vaccine procurement, says will bea
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], June 1 (ANI): Odisha on Tuesday wrote to the Centre proposing country-level procurement of global COVID-19 vaccines by the union government stating that it would be "faster and economical". The Odisha government said it will bear the cost of the vaccines for the
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Bihar: Former Minister alleges scam in procurement of ambulances in Siwan
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], June 1 (ANI): As the country is battling the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic, former Bihar Minister Vikram Kunwar on Tuesday alleged that an "ambulance scam" has been unearthed in Siwan district that reveals each ambulance was purchased at three times the market pric
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Centre's COVID vaccine procurement policy against federalism, says Jharkha
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], June 1 (ANI): Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Tuesday said the procurement of COVID vaccines by States on their own during the ongoing pandemic "stands against the principle of cooperative federalism" and urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to provide free
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406.76 LMT wheat procured against last year corresponding purchase of 360.
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 31 (ANI): The Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution on Monday informed that the wheat procurement in the ongoing season has an all-time high of 406.76 LMT worth Rs 80,334 crore, in the ongoing season as of May 30, exceeding the previous record of 3
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Over 23 crore vaccine doses provided to States, UTs, more than 1.75 crore
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 31 (ANI): As part of the nationwide vaccination drive, the Government of India has so far provided more than 23 crore vaccine doses (23,11,68,480) to States/UTs, both through the free of cost category and through direct state procurement category, informed the Union He
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There needs to be one price for COVID-19 vaccines across nation: SC tells
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 31 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday questioned the Central government on its dual policy for procurement of Covid-19 vaccines and said that there needs to be one price for the vaccines across the nation.
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High-price Chinese COVID vaccine sparks row in Sri Lanka
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 30 (ANI): Disclosure of procurement price of China's Sinopharm vaccine in Sri Lanka has sparked a row after reports emerged that Colombo had to shell out a higher per-dose price than its fellow South Asian country Bangladesh.
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