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Cannot afford a full shutdown again: India Inc
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Need to protect the people and also the economy, says Tata Sons Chairman
India Inc is opposed to a full nationwide lockdown like last year’s but is well prepared to face local restrictions.
In the ‘life vs livelihood’ conundrum, the solution should balance both, say Corporate India biggies.
According to N Chandrasekaran, Chairman, Tata Sons, the holding company of Tata Group, the country should not go down the path of a nationwide lockdown to curb the Covid-19 second wave as it will hurt the economy.
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Calls for single online platform with all the information on availability of hospital beds, vaccines, oxygen
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The pandemic has exposed the country’s access problem, and this could be solved by technology, said N Chandrasekaran, Chairman of Tata Sons, the holding company of Tata Group.
Vaccines must be mass-produced, by replicating factory capacities, he added
Speaking at the 6th National Management Conclave of the All India Management Association (AIMA), on Tuesday, Chandrasekaran said that if there was a single online platform with all the information on availability of hospital beds, vaccines, oxygen, etc., people will know where to access them.
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Innovate to meet challenges thrown up by second wave, he tells industrial sector
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Mr. Jaishankar said the second wave has exposed the vulnerabilities in the Indian capabilities that require upgradation and said accusing anyone of failure will not help the situation.
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Innovate to meet challenges thrown up by second wave, he tells industrial sector
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Monday defended the decision to export vaccines and urged the domestic industrial sector to innovate so that they can meet the challenges thrown up by the second wave of COVID-19. At a virtual event organised by the All India Management Association (AIMA), Mr. Jaishankar said “irresponsible people” are likely to criticise the exports.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday strongly rejected criticism over India s export of Covid-19 vaccines, saying there were global commitments for variety of reasons including for procurement of raw materials for production of the jabs. At an online interaction, he said India prioritised vaccination of its people while describing those as non-serious people who questioned why the country was exporting at all. Several political leaders including Congress Rahul Gandhi had slammed the government for exporting over 60 million doses of coronavirus vaccines when the country was reeling under increasing demands for the doses. The Centre has now almost stopped export of the vaccines following a sudden spike in coronavirus infections in the country.