On April 25, I'd filed an RTI with @DelhiPolice seeking details after many Covid-19 volunteers complained they'd been called by the police asking them to delete posts regarding medicine/oxygen leads.
I'd also requested volunteers to save details of such calls.
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The @DelhiPolice HQ has flat-out denied that any such calls were made by the police or that any requests were made to take down social media posts.
There have been separate responses from ALL Delhi Police districts stating the same.
I have an appeal for all volunteers.
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If you/someone you know did receive a call from Delhi Police while doing Covid-19 volunteer work, please reach out to me with details.
Based on this RTI response, any call/demand made by any police officer to volunteers was unauthorized & illegal.
Action WILL be taken.
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PS: Anyone reaching out will remain anonymous so pls don’t worry.
All that’s needed are details of Delhi Police officials who intimidated Covid-19 volunteers in a completely unauthorized and illegal manner.
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From May 2020, in the middle of lockdown, the Narendra govt sneakily stopped paying LPG subsidy to eligible customers.
Subsidy credit to people's bank accounts abruptly stopped exactly a year ago while LPG prices kept rising.
Here's what I was told 👇
LPG subsidy was paid as a difference between market price & subsidized price to eligible consumers. This started under the UPA Govt.
LPG subsidy was directly credited to bank accounts after linking of Aadhaar.
This abruptly stopped for all consumers in May 2020.
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That's because in May 2020, citing "low fuel prices", the Narendra Govt. claimed that the price of a subsidized AND non-subsidized LPG cylinder was now the same at Rs. 594 per cylinder.
This was used as an excuse to not pay/credit subsidies.
Been checking on this situation of Delhi Police calling volunteers sharing resources/leads & 1 thing came up:
If you are aware that someone is selling medicines/oxygen in black/higher prices, DO NOT SHARE OR AMPLIFY THOSE LEADS WITH PEOPLE.
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Police have called volunteers in some cases where a patient’s family were told that medicine/oxygen is available at XYZ place for higher prices & they complained.
Do NOT amplify any leads that you are aware are black marketing. No matter how desperate the case is.
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Also, if you have confirmed info about someone selling oxygen/medicines in black at inflated prices, record those numbers and inform the police immediately.
Hoarders & black marketers are a cancer to society right now. Don’t enable them & ensure they’re brought to justice
Exclusive: Was India’s “vaccine export” an elaborate scam?
Govt of India tells me that it initially procured 5.6 crore doses of Covishield at Rs. 210 per unit & 1 crore doses of Covaxin at Rs. 309.75 per unit....THRU PM CARES.
That’s about 6.6 crore (66 million) doses
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Interestingly, India has exported 6 million doses as of March 2021.
Which is literally the SAME number procured under PM CARES at a cost of 1486 crores.
Now, it gets interesting.
The Govt later started procuring vaccine doses through the Union Health budget.
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The order for vaccine doses placed by the Govt thru funding from the budget is prices at Rs. 157.50 per unit for both Covaxin & Covishield.
The ONGOING order placed under the budget is for 10 crore doses of Covishield & 2 crore doses of Covaxin.