Vaccine Spending Wonât Put Strain On Statesâ Finances; They May Have To Spend Only Rs 20k Cr In All (Less Than Goaâs Budget) by Arihant Pawariya - Apr 22, 2021 02:30 PM From left to right, Chief Ministers of Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Kerala and Odisha. (Illustration: Swarajya Magazine) Snapshot The total expenditure all the states are looking would be somewhere between Rs 10-20,000 crore. Even Goaâs annual budget is higher than that. On 19 April, the Union government liberalised its vaccination policy which would come into force from 1 May. In the third phase, vaccine manufacturers are given more flexibility in deciding price of their doses, half of the supplies will go to the Centre while other half to states and open market and everyone above 18 years of age will now be eligible to get a jab.