Anurag Singh Thakur, the Minister of State for Finance on Sunday said that the government has provided 17.56 crore Covid-19 vaccine doses so far to States and Union Territories for inoculation of people of all age groups and 46 lakh doses will be supplied to them in the next three days.
Thakur’s remarks came in response to senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge’s letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him to use ₹35,000 crore allocated in the Union Budget to ensure free vaccine for all citizens instead of the current system of multiple pricing for various users.