Highlights Ministry of Home Affairs on Wednesday issued orders to provide 'Y' category security on an all-India basis to SII's CEO Adar Poonawalla Covishield, one of the two COVID-19 vaccines used in India's COVID-19 vaccination programme, is being manufactured by SII New Delhi: Ministry of Home Affairs on Wednesday (April 28) issued orders to provide 'Y' category security on an all-India basis to Serum Institute of India's CEO Adar Poonawalla. The CRPF will provide security to him. The Union government's decision came after the Director, Government and Regulatory Affairs at Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII), Prakash Kumar Singh had written to Union Home Minister Amit Shah on April 16 requesting security for Adar Poonawalla, said a PTI report.