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27/04/2021 - Indian Polity

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April 27, 2021

Cooperative federalism must be effectively applied for better vaccination strategy to mitigate the effects of pandemic. Elaborate (200 Words)

Refer - The Indian Express

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KEY POINTS

·        India’s monthly COVID vaccine manufacturing capacity is about 60-65 million doses 60 million by Serum Institute of India (SII) and 1-5 million by Bharat Biotech (BB).

·        With every state individually contacting the suppliers and bargaining price and supply, the discretion will be with the supplier.

·        This will undoubtedly create interstate inequities, where the poorer states will stand to suffer due to poor bargaining power.

·        The SII and BB announced their pricing policy Rs 400 and Rs 600 per dose for the state government and Rs 600 and Rs 1200 for private parties respectively.

·        Pricing is dependent on actual cost of inputs, expenditure incurred on clinical trials, sales promotion and small profit.

·        The Central government is legally obligated to control the “interstate spread of infectious diseases Concurrent List.

·        Assistance to states to combat such diseases is its fundamental duty.

·        The Centre has always procured vaccines and other consumables for states under all National Infectious Disease Control Programmes.

·        Government  has the power to cap prices of all essential drugs, based on the costing carried out by the NPPA.

·        In the event of attempts at cartelisation, government can invoke compulsory licensing and expand production, boosting availability at an administered price to states. 

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