They need to put in a request on the portal and pay in advance, after which an approval comes from the vaccine manufacturers. No supply dat...

"In the end it's the central government which should have been and was always in a much better position to do so. It was a learning curve, ...

In a pandemic, this principle is nothing but common sense – it is about getting the job done. But even at other times, if federalism is to ...

The health ministry in a briefing on Friday said states would be playing a facilitatory role by aggregating demand and vaccination capabili...

Girdhar Gyani, director general, Association of Healthcare Providers India (AHPI), said that according to new guidelines, state governments...

The idea is to use vaccination as a tool to check the pandemic, and save as many lives of citizens as possible, not to treat vaccination on...

The arrangement that had kicked in from May 1 in which 25% was procured by states from vaccine makers will no longer be in place. the Centr...

Most opposition-ruled states now want the Centre to procure vaccines, backpedaling after seeking more flexibility in vaccination, as their ...

Gandhi has criticised the government's policies to check the spread of the pandemic and the vaccination drive. "Doctors need protection fro...

“The best option available is for the government of India to centrally procure the vaccines and distribute it among the states so that our ...

The apex court, which advised the Centre to be flexible with its policies, said the states are being asked to "pick up and compete with" ea...

A special bench of Justices D Y Chandrachud, L N Rao and S Ravindrabhat said that since the Centre has made CoWIN registration mandatory fo...

ET spoke to ministers and health ministry officials from Chhattisgarh, Punjab, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar and Telangana. While some chie...

Centralised vaccine procurement would keep costs to a minimum since a single agency for purchase would be able to reap economies of scale a...

Those doses would include 750 million of AstraZeneca's vaccine, produced in India by the Serum Institute of India, as well as 550 million d...

The apex court said that compelling state governments to negotiate with manufacturers on grounds of promoting competition and making it att...

The petitioner said that by virtue of the new policy, dual pricing of vaccines has been allowed and states are forced to contend with priva...