The Bihar government on Tuesday approved a proposal to provide free coronavirus vaccines to all the people of the state, PTI reported. The ...
The Bihar government on Tuesday approved a proposal to provide free coronavirus vaccines to all the people of the state, PTI reported. The decision was made at the first Cabinet meeting since the allocation of ministerial berths last month.
The provision for free vaccines was part of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s “Saat Nishchay Part-2” or seven resolves ahead of the Assembly elections. The Cabinet gave its approval for all the government’s proposals covered under the “Saat Nishchay”, including the creation of 20 lakh jobs in the next five years.
Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tarkishore Prasad said that free inoculation was the National Democratic Alliance’s main promise ahead of Assembly elections in the state, the Hindustan Times reported. “Our decision is a big gift to people of the state after formation of the government,” he was quoted as saying. “We feel Bihar’s biggest strength is its human resource and we want them to be protected against the deadly disease as the world is battling with the pandemic.”
An unidentified government official told the newspaper that a detailed report on the immunisation drive would be prepared soon. “In the first round, the health workers may be given the doses followed by people above 60 and then 50,”...
