Covid-19 | Plea in SC for vaccine PSUs revival to ramp up COVID-19 inoculation
The Hindu
Push ‘reluctant’ Union to put them to use in the time of dire need, say petitioners.
A petition was filed in the Supreme Court to revive the vaccine public sector units considering the dire need to ramp up the COVID-19 immunisation and utilise their full production capabilities by placement of purchase orders. The petition filed by Amulya Ratna Nanda, IAS (retired), All India Drug Action Network (AIDAN), Low Cost Standard Therapeutics (LOCOST) and Medico Friend Circle, represented by advocate Satya Mitra, urged the Supreme Court to push the ‘reluctant’ Union to put these PSUs to use in the time of dire need, especially after public funds were once spent to make them Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) compliant. The petition said these PSUs, once revived, should be granted “full autonomy” as envisaged in the Javid Chowdhary report of 2010 to ensure their complete revival and smooth functioning in the future.
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