Coronavirus | Government committed to ensure adequate availability of vaccines, PM tells Governors

Vice-President M. Venkaiah Naidu urges everyone to put aside political differences.

Asserting that the government is committed to ensuring adequate availability of COVID-19 vaccines, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on April 13 called for harnessing the combined power of community groups, political parties and NGOs in the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic. Interacting with Governors and Lieutenant Governors of all States and Union Territories through video conference, Mr. Modi urged them to actively engage in ensuring that social institutions collaborate seamlessly with state governments. Mr. Modi said the feeling of “janbhagidari” (people’s participation) that was seen in curbing the virus in 2020 needed to encouraged now as well and added the role of Governors becomes all the more critical to achieving this.