The alleged exPM Manmohan Singh wrote an unsolicited letter to PM Modi in which he urged PM to allow the import of USmade vaccines.This despite the fact that India manufactures 60% of the world's vaccines and is best equipped to mobilize economies of scale to increase production.
Remember that GoI pays just INR 160 per vaccine. Contrast this with the US where the Big Pharma is paid between $ 38 and $ 93 per vaccine - that after the government funded R&D and trials.
The effect of Manmohan Singh's advocacy would be that American vaccines are imported and sold at exorbitant price in India while reinforcing the myth that they're superior to Indian-invented and manufactured vaccines - a myth the Congress party has disseminated.
It has been alleged that Manmohan Singh was the one who revealed Indias secret plan to test nukes in the 90s to the Americans.That delayed India's test by a few years. America imposed sanctions and hurt India. Now he wants to hurt India even more by paying for USA-made vaccines.
He can rebut this charge by writing a letter to POTUS Biden advising him to send vaccines to India at INR 160 per vaccine! :-)
By : @KalavaiVenkat
By : @KalavaiVenkat
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