Chidambaram supporting compulsory licensing of the 2 Covid vaccine. He feels there are several vaccines manufactureers who can produce immediately in India. Does not give list. Said it 5 days back?
https://youtu.be/zPuLHgpByVk
In an interview with Mitali Mukherjee, Rajya Sabha Member and Former Finance Minister and Minister for Home Affairs, Mr P Chidambaram said the Modi government had completely missed the arithmetic on vaccine requirements in India.
He also hit out at the dual pricing policy saying it was complete nonsense to push states out on their own and ask them to negotiate prices with manufacturers. Mr Chidambaram said while he was a believer of free market principles, the government’s defence in the Supreme Court of dual pricing by saying it created “liberalised, market driven” rates
COVID-19 Vaccine] Differential pricing to incentivise pvt manufacturers to increase production, attract foreign players: Centre to Supreme Court
The Central government also said that judicial intervention in such policy matters, though well-meaning, might lead to unforeseen consequences and it should be left to the government to discharge its executive functions. https://www.barandbench.com/news/litigation/central-government-covid-vaccine-price-supreme-court
Na Khaoonga, Na Khane doonga, he said..
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Let the Covaxin - partnered by the GoI, via the ICMR, technology be shared with all the capable vaccine producers in the country - whether public or private. There's no need for reverse engineering and all that.
Let all these units be pressed into service. The government must actively facilitate.
Maybe in another eight-ten months the production would be very significantly scaled up.