Amarinder government of Punjab making profit by selling Kovid vaccine available free from center

Where the country is battling the second wave of the Coronavirus pandemic. Vaccines are being seen as a big weapon during this pandemic. At the same time, in the midst of the corona epidemic, many states are talking about the shortage of vaccine. But in the meantime, the Congress government of Punjab has been facing serious allegations regarding the corona vaccine. In fact, the Amarinder government is being accused of black marketing of the Kovid vaccine. There are allegations that the Punjab government is buying the vaccine at a fixed price and selling it to private hospitals at a higher price.

According to a report, the Punjab government is procuring doses of the corona vaccine ‘Covaxin’ from the Center at a subsidized rate of Rs 400, but the state government is selling it to private hospitals at Rs 1060 per dose, which will cost people Rs 1560. Vaccines. On the one hand, while the Amarinder government is attacking the central government for the lack of corona vaccine and giving an excuse for the lack of vaccine in the state, on the other hand, in this era of epidemic, profit by selling the free Kovid vaccine from the center. earning.

According to the report, the Punjab government has earned a profit of Rs 660 per dose in the name of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) by selling the covaccine procured under the state quota to private hospitals. Apart from this, the private hospital gets a profit of Rs 500 per dose, as the customer pays Rs 1,560 for each dose.

At the same time, Union Minister Anurag Thakur has attacked the Punjab government regarding this matter. He tweeted and wrote, 1- Central government buys vaccine from vaccine manufacturers and sells it to states at the rate of ₹ 400 per dose.., 2- Punjab government sold the same vaccine to private hospitals at the rate of ₹ 1060 per dose.. Sukhbir Badal, president of Shiromani Akali Dal, has targeted the Congress government of Punjab regarding this matter, given the same vaccine to the general public of 3-private hospitals at the rate of ₹ 1560 per dose. He also demanded a probe into the matter under the supervision of the High Court.