He had 7 years. How long is he going to use this excuse? Because I am sure even after 14 years of the BJP government, they will give the same excuse. The government started shutting down temp COVID Camps and hospitals from November 2020 itself as if the pandemic had ended.
Yes. GST is charged on every vial distributed in the country. I don't think GST discriminates based on where the vaccine is going. Government foots the cost, but I am sure it's reflected somewhere. The raw materials request that SII floated was not for the COVISHIELD vaccine. For that, they had ample raw materials. The only thing was that the Indian government never placed sufficient order quantities. Just
google how much stock the government ordered for the first 6 months. And was it enough to vaccinate a country as big as ours? The stock is only improving now because they have to save their face.
Why should I give them credit when the government can't even foot the bill for a vaccine for every Indian for the insane taxes each of us pays?
If this government thinks charging for a life-saving vaccine is okay, then to hell with them and their fake achievements. I am supposed to pay 18% tax on a payment I make for my web hosting to a company with no office in India, for a server that is 1000s of miles away from here and then I am supposed to thank them for this? Gurgaon removed all the government centres from COWIN and the administration can't even provide a proper address for those centres. People living near those centres have no idea that you can get vaccinated there so where is their achievement? Government enabled walk-in vaccinations so late. People in remote areas could never get COWIN to work because they didn't know about it or the network failed. Even now, there is no fixed time for the vaccination slots to open.
In America, you can walk in to your closest Walmart and get vaccinated. Here either pay 1200 for a vaccine in a private hospital or try decoding the address of the random government center whose full address is Mullahera UPHC and then stand in line for hours to get a token or come tomorrow if you couldn't get it today.
Some achievement indeed.