New Delhi [India]Jun 7 (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi asked questions Monday about the centralized policy of free vaccination announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and asked if “vaccines are free for everyone.”
“One simple question – if vaccines are free for everyone, why should private hospitals charge them?” he asked in a tweet.
The prime minister announced a centralized vaccination campaign during an address to the nation on Monday.
He said the center will provide a free vaccine to all Indian citizens over the age of 18.
He said the center will buy 75 percent of all vaccine manufacturers’ total production and give it to the states for free, and 25 percent of the vaccinations done with the states will now be taken over by the Indian government.
The Prime Minister said the system of 25 percent vaccines, sourced directly from private hospitals, will continue. State governments will monitor that private hospitals only charge a service fee of 150 rupees above the set price of the vaccines. (ANI)
