Watch | Supreme Court Raps Centre For Vaccine Negligence: Will It Get Its Act Together?
The apex court has called the policy arbitrary and illogical.
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The Supreme Court has termed the Centre’s COVID-19 vaccination policy as ‘prima facie arbitrary and illogical’. The policy allowed free doses of vaccine to the concerned groups in the first two phases, and now states and private hospitals have been left to acquire vaccines for people in the age group of 18-44 years.

The top court made several important observations in the suo motu case on managing COVID-19, asking the Centre why the Rs 35,000 crore allocated in the budget to buy vaccines cannot be used to provide jabs for free.
भारत से कोरोना वायरस की दूसरी लहर का प्रकोप भले ही कम हो रहा हो लेकिन टीकाकरण की गति अब भी Government booked 30 crore doses corona vaccine from Biological-E will give 1500 crore rupees, Hindi News - Hindustan
To acquire COVID-19 vaccines for people as soon as possible, the Government is encouraging and creating conditions for all capable localities and enterprises to join in the task, Deputy Minister of Health Truong Quoc Cuong said on June 3.
The Odisha CM has called for a consensus among all States on universal vaccination programme
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has called for a consensus among all States on universal vaccination programme.
In a letter to all Chief Ministers, and personal calls to a few of them, he expressed grave concern at the prevailing COVID-19 situation and suggested that the Centre should procure vaccines and distribute them.
“After the second wave, people are very scared about future waves and variants. Every citizen in India has been affected by this pandemic in one way or the other. It could be losing a loved one or losing a job or loss in business or just the mental trauma because of the present situation. None has been spared by this pandemic,” said the five-time Chief Minister.