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  • Privileged to be picked as PM Cares Trust member: Sudha Murty

    By Express News Service

    BENGALURU: “I feel grateful if I can make even a small change in the life of a poor person”, said noted educator and philanthropist Sudha Murty on being nominated as a member of the Board of PM CARES Fund Trust. Murty, former chairperson of Infosys Foundation, told TNIE, “I am very happy to learn about my nomination to the Board of Trustees of the PM Cares Fund. I feel very privileged and proud to find myself working with some of the most eminent personalities like Sri Ratan Tata. My focus has always been to work for the poor and the underprivileged. I will continue to do so as a member of the Board.” 

    She, however, added that she is yet to receive the official order to know and understand her role in the Board. The other trustees of the PM CARES Fund are former Supreme Court judge Justice K T Thomas, former Deputy Speaker Kariya Munda, Chairman Emeritus of Tata Sons, Ratan Tata, former comptroller and auditor general of India Rajiv Mehrishi and co-founder of Teach for India and former CEO of Indicorps and Piramal Foundation Anand Shah.

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while chairing a meeting of the Board on Tuesday, said the participation of the new trustees and advisers will provide wider perspectives to the functioning of the PM CARES Fund, according to a statement issued by the PMO. The meeting was attended by Fund trustees including Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.

    BENGALURU: “I feel grateful if I can make even a small change in the life of a poor person”, said noted educator and philanthropist Sudha Murty on being nominated as a member of the Board of PM CARES Fund Trust. Murty, former chairperson of Infosys Foundation, told TNIE, “I am very happy to learn about my nomination to the Board of Trustees of the PM Cares Fund. I feel very privileged and proud to find myself working with some of the most eminent personalities like Sri Ratan Tata. My focus has always been to work for the poor and the underprivileged. I will continue to do so as a member of the Board.” 

    She, however, added that she is yet to receive the official order to know and understand her role in the Board. The other trustees of the PM CARES Fund are former Supreme Court judge Justice K T Thomas, former Deputy Speaker Kariya Munda, Chairman Emeritus of Tata Sons, Ratan Tata, former comptroller and auditor general of India Rajiv Mehrishi and co-founder of Teach for India and former CEO of Indicorps and Piramal Foundation Anand Shah.

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while chairing a meeting of the Board on Tuesday, said the participation of the new trustees and advisers will provide wider perspectives to the functioning of the PM CARES Fund, according to a statement issued by the PMO. The meeting was attended by Fund trustees including Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.

  • Goverment to release benefits under PM CARES for Children tomorrow 

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will release benefits under the ‘PM CARES for Children’ on Monday via video-conferencing, the Ministry of Women and Child Development said on Sunday.

    The government had launched the initiative on May 29 last year to support children who lost parents, legal guardian, adoptive parents or surviving parent to COVID-19 from March 11, 2020, to February 28, 2022.

    In a statement, the ministry said the prime minister will transfer scholarships to school-going children. A PM CARES for Children passbook and health card under Ayushman Bharat – Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana will also be handed over to them, it added.

    The children, along with their guardians and the district magistrate concerned, will join the event through virtual mode. The event will be attended by ministers, MPs and MLAs of the respective states and union territories, it said.

    The objective of the scheme is to ensure comprehensive care and protection of children in a sustained manner by providing them boarding and lodging, empowering them through education and scholarships, equipping them for self-sufficient existence with financial support of Rs 10 lakh on attaining 23 years of age and ensuring their well-being through health insurance.

    The portal “http://pmcaresforchildren.in/” is a single window system that facilitates approval process and all other assistance for children under the scheme.

  • Centre asks states for mock drill of oxygen devices as Omicron threat looms large

    Express News Service

    NEW DELHI: In a review meeting with states on the status of oxygen equipment, the Centre on Wednesday pulled up some of them for the delay in dispatching crucial medical devices to districts and not making them functional yet in a large number of health facilities.

    The meeting comes amid a looming threat of a surge in Covid infections, fuelled by the omicron variant. 

    The review included oxygen PSA plants, liquid medical oxygen plants, oxygen concentrators, medical gas pipeline systems. 

    The Union Health Ministry also instructed representatives from the states to schedule and conduct mock drills of all installed and commissioned PSA plants to ensure that they are in fully operational status so that the oxygen with the required quantity, pressure and purity reaches the intended patients at their bedside. 

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    So far, a total of 3236 PSA plants have been installed in the country from various sources with a total commissioned oxygen capacity of 3783 MT. In addition, 1,14,000 oxygen concentrators are also provided to states with the funds from PM CARES and Emergency Covid Response Package-II. 

    Union health secretary Rajesh Bhushan pointed out that ECRP-II funds have been sanctioned to states for the installation of 958 LMO storage tanks and medical gas pipeline systems in 1374 hospitals. 

    States were, therefore, advised to utilize this opportunity to enhance domestic oxygen production capacity and ensure the completion, installation and commissioning of medical gas pipelines in government hospitals expeditiously. 

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    Bhushan also urged states to review and monitor the status of the devices on a daily basis to ensure that the gap between the equipment and systems delivered to the districts and installed at the healthcare facilities is reduced to zero. 

    The Centre also nudged state nodal officers to streamline coordination with agencies such as Defence Research and Development Organization, HLL Infra Tech Services Limited and Central Medical Services Society among others for resolution of electricity-related and site-related issues for ensuring quick operationalization of the entire medical oxygen supply infrastructure supplied to them. 

    The government also said that it is conducting comprehensive training programmes to build and enhance the capacities of technicians and clinicians for the operation and maintenance of the PSA plants and other medical oxygen-related infrastructure.

  • PM CARES ventilators found faulty in Srinagar hospital, says RTI

    Express News Service

    SRINAGAR:  Ventilators supplied under the PM CARES Fund to the SMHS hospital in Srinagar were found defective, faulty and not fit to support patient care, according to an RTI response.

    The Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine had received 37 ventilators which were put in trial, the hospital said, responding to the query filed by RTI activist Balvinder Singh.

    “All these ventilators were returned to Medical Superintendent SMHS hospital due to compressor/heat up problems, which resulted in sudden shutdown of these ventilators. These ventilators do not support the patient care management,” the department head said.

    Three Agva ventilators were non-functional because of problems such as display not working properly and problems in generating tidal volume, the response said. Similarly, two DHAMAN-III ventilators were put on trial at the Srinagar hospital.

    “After a trial run, it was found that the tidal volume was not generated. Besides, the required flow rate could not be delivered to the patients and, hence, these are not feasible for patient care. These ventilators stop automatically, putting patients at risk.” 

    Tidal volume is the amount of air that moves in or out of the human lungs with each respiratory cycle. Both Agva and DHAMAN-III are indigenous products.

    Singh said he had filed a similar RTI at GMC Jammu to know the fate of ventilators supplied under the PM CARES fund but officials didn’t provide exact details.

    “GMC Jammu has shown that only 13 ventilators out of 179 are defective and not working.”

    The Jammu-based RTI activist urged the J&K Chief Justice to order the chief secretary for constituting a panel of experts to inspect all such ventilators supplied under the PM CARES fund in the Union Territory. 

  • PM Modi inaugurates 35 PSA oxygen plants established under PM CARES fund

    By PTI

    RISHIKESH: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday inaugurated 35 pressure swing adsorption (PSA) oxygen plants established under the PM CARES fund across 35 states and union territories in an event at AIIMS Rishikesh in Uttarakhand.

    Addressing a gathering, Modi asserted that the Centre has been extending all help to the state government for Uttarakhand’s progress, and said this “double engine” of development will take it to new heights.

    With the state heading to the assembly polls early next year, the prime minister noted that Uttarakhand, which was created in 2000, will complete 25 years in the near future and told people that this is the right time to decide where it will be heading.

    The shared efforts of the Centre and the state government are a big basis for realising the dreams of people, he said, in an apparent poll pitch for the BJP, which is in power in the state and will fight the Congress in the polls.

    He cited a number of measures taken by the government, including one rank one pension for veterans, creation of war memorial and infrastructure boost across the state.

    He also highlighted the efforts made by the government to boost health infrastructure ranging from production of masks and protective kits to development of vaccine and its roll out across the country and asserted their development in such a short span of time shows India’s capabilities.

    With the new plants, over 1,150 oxygen plans funded by PM CARES are working and every district in the country has now been covered by them, he said.

    The prime minister said it will be a matter of pride for every citizen that over 93 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered so far and the figure will soon cross 100 crore.

    The government, he said, now goes to citizens and does not wait for them to approach it with their problems.

  • Lakhs of crores of rupees donated to PM-CARES, where is that money, asks Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee

    By PTI

    KOLKATA: Slamming the Centre over its assertion that PM-CARES was not a government fund, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday stated that complete transparency should be maintained in the transactions made with the money collected by the trust.

    The PM-CARES FUND bears our national emblem, but the central government has insisted that it is not a government fund, “leaving us all confused”, the CM said, tongue in cheek.

    “The Chief Minister Relief Fund is regularly audited. PM CARES FUND was formed for COVID-19, but yesterday they (Centre) told the court that it is not a government fund.  Government employees have donated money there, funds through CSR have been donated there, lakhs of crores of rupees have been donated. So where is that money?” she fumed.

    The Centre has informed the Delhi High Court that the PM CARES Fund is not a government fund as donations to it do not go to the Consolidated Fund of India, and no third party information can be parted with irrespective of its status under the Constitution and the Right to Information (RTI) Act.

    An affidavit filed by an Under-Secretary at the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), who is discharging his functions in the PM Cares Trust on honorary basis, has said that the trust functions with transparency and its funds are audited by an auditor — a chartered accountant drawn from the panel prepared by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India.

    Banerjee, during her campaign in bypoll-bound Bhabanipur constituency, also hit out at the BJP-led Union government over the Pegagus snooping scandal, claiming that the country’s opposition leaders were being spied on.

    “It has been proven that the Union government snoops on opposition leaders; our phones are tapped. The Centre bought this software from Israel to snoop on us. No one can speak out against them. If you speak out, efforts will be made to intimidate you by using (central) agencies,” she claimed.

    The TMC boss further criticised the state unit of the saffron party for “carrying out a demonstration” near her residence on Thursday with the body of a BJP worker.

    “Yesterday, BJP leaders staged a protest outside my residence over the death of a BJP worker. That BJP worker died a natural death, and they are claiming that he died during violence. We won’t tolerate such hooliganism. If they think they can protest outside my residence with a dead body, we, too, can do the same outside their homes with the carcass of a dog.

    “We can teach them a lesson in the language they understand,” she said.

    The CM maintained that her fight against the “demonic BJP” would continue till it is ousted from power, and after winning the Bhabanipur by-poll, the party would take its battle to other states.

    Banerjee, who is contesting the September 30 by-poll from the Bhabanipur seat to retain her chief minister’s chair, claimed that destiny had this plan in store for her.

    “People want me to be a representative from this seat and continue as the state’s chief minister,” said the feisty TMC leader, who lost to BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari in Nandigram during the April-May Assembly polls.

    Banerjee has to get elected to legislature by November 5, in conformity with the constitutional provisions, to continue as the chief minister.

    Shortly after the poll results were announced in May, state cabinet minister and TMC MLA from Bhabanipur Sovandeb Chattopadhyay vacated the seat to facilitate her return to the assembly from there.

    A resident of Bhabanipur, Banerjee had won the seat twice in 2011 and 2016 but shifted to Nandigram, where the anti-farmland acquisition movement against the Left Front government had transformed her into a major political force in the volatile state, to dare her former protege and now BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on his home turf.

    Though she powered the TMC to a resounding win for a third straight term in office, the TMC boss failed to register victory in Nandigram.

    The CM has claimed that a conspiracy was hatched to hurt her and defeat her in Nandigram.

    She had suffered an injury on a leg during electioneering in the constituency.

    “If I speak about the conspiracy that was hatched to injure me and kill me, all of you will be shocked. I had to move around in a wheelchair for 1.5 months. But that did not stop me from hitting the campaign trail,” she said.

    The TMC supremo is pitted against BJP’s Priyanka Tibrewal and Left Front’s Srijib Biswas in Bhabanipur.

    The Congress did not field any candidate for the bypoll.

  •  PM Modi asks officials to ensure oxygen plants are functional at earliest

    By ANI
    NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday chaired a high-level meeting to review the augmentation and availability of oxygen across the country and instructed officials to ensure that the oxygen plants are made functional at the earliest.

    Officials briefed Prime Minister about the progress on the installation of PSA oxygen plants across the country. More than 1500 PSA oxygen plants are coming up across the nation which includes contributions from PM CARES as well as various ministries and PSUs, a statement by the PMO said.

    PSA oxygen plants contributed by PM CARES are coming up in all states and districts of the country. Prime Minister was informed that once all PSA oxygen plants coming up through PM CARES would be functional, they would support more than 4 lakh oxygenated beds, the statement added.

    PM Modi instructed the officials to ensure that these plants are made functional at the earliest and to work closely with the state governments for the same. Officers apprised PM Modi that they are in regular touch with officers from state governments regarding fast-tracking the oxygen plants, it added.

    PM Modi asked officials to ensure there is adequate training of hospital staff on the operation and maintenance of oxygen plants. He also directed officials to ensure that each district has trained personnel available. Officials informed him that there is a training module prepared by experts and they are targeting training of around 8000 people across the country, the statement said.

    PM Modi also said that we should deploy advanced technology like IoT to track performance and functioning of these oxygen plants at a local and national level. Officials apprised the PM about a pilot being done using Internet of Things (IoT) for monitoring the performance of the oxygen plants.

    Principal Secretary to PM, Cabinet Secretary, Secretary Health, Secretary MoHUA and other important officials were present in the meeting. 

  • PM-CARES for Children: PM Narendra Modi announces benefits for kids orphaned by COVID

    By Express News Service
    NEW DELHI: The Centre on Saturday decided that children who have lost both parents or surviving parent or legal guardian/adoptive parents due to COVID-19 will be supported under “PM-CARES for Children” scheme, which will take care of their educational needs, including higher education.

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a meeting to discuss steps needed for children who have lost their parents to COVID-19. The Prime Minister announced a number of benefits for children impacted by the current pandemic.

    ‘PM CARES’ will contribute through a specially designed scheme to create a corpus of Rs 10 lakh for each child when he or she reaches 18 years of age, which will be used to give a monthly financial support from 18 years of age, for the next five years to take care of his or her personal requirements during the period of higher education.

    On reaching the age of 23, he or she will get the corpus amount in a lumpsum for personal and professional use, said the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) in a statement. Also, the scheme will take responsibility for the educational needs of such children, as they will be given admission in the nearest Kendriya Vidyalaya or in a private school as a day scholar.

    Besides, if the child is admitted in a private school, the fees as per Right to Education norms will be given from PM CARES, added the PMO. PM CARES will also pay for uniform, text books and notebooks. Additionally, children in the 11-18 age group will be given admission in Central government residential schools such as Sainik School, Navodaya Vidyalaya and others.

    But in case the child is to be continued under the care of guardian/grandparents/ extended family, he or she will be given admission in the nearest Kendriya Vidyalaya or in a private school as a day scholar, added the PMO.

    In a bid to ensure access to higher education, the scheme will assist in obtaining education loan for professional courses or higher education in India as per the existing education norms. Interest on this loan will be paid by PM CARES. The PMO said an alternative scholarship equivalent to tuition fees or course fees for undergraduate or vocational courses as per government norms will be provided under Central or state government schemes.

    For children not eligible under existing schemes, PM CARES will provide an equivalent scholarship. The scheme will ensure enrollment of such children as a beneficiary under Ayushman Bharat Scheme (PM-JAY) with a health insurance cover of Rs 5 lakh. Premium for these children till the age of 18 years will be paid by PM CARES.

  • PM-CARES for Children: On eve of his government’s anniversary, PM announces benefits for kids orphaned by Covid

    By PTI
    NEW DELHI: On the eve of his government’s second anniversary in its second term, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday announced a number of welfare measures for children who lost their parents to COVID-19, including ensuring a corpus of Rs 10 lakh when they turn 18 and providing for their education.

    Chairing a meeting to deliberate on steps which can be taken to support such children, he said they will be supported under the “PM-CARES for Children” scheme.

    The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said in a statement that fixed deposits will be opened in the names of such children, and the PM-CARES fund will contribute through a specially designed scheme to create a corpus of Rs 10 lakh for each of them when he or she reaches 18 years of age.

    This corpus will be used to give a monthly financial support or stipend from 18 years of age for the next five years to take care of his or her personal requirements during the period of higher education.

    On reaching the age of 23 years, they will get the corpus amount as one lump-sum for personal and professional use.

    While announcing these measures, Modi emphasised that children represent the country’s future and the government will do everything possible to support and protect them so that they develop as strong citizens and have a bright future.

    “The PM said that in such trying times it is our duty, as a society, to care for our children and instil hope for a bright future.

    All children who have lost both parents or surviving parent or legal guardian/adoptive parents due to Covid-19 will be supported under ‘PM-CARES for Children’ scheme,” he said, according to the statement.

    Highlighting measures for their education, the PMO said children under 10 years will be given admission in the nearest Kendriya Vidyalaya or in a private school as a day scholar.

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    Those between 11-18 years of age will be given admission in any central government residential school such as Sainik School and Navodaya Vidyalaya.

    In case the child remains under the care of a guardian or extended family, then he or she will be given admission in the nearest Kendriya Vidyalaya or in a private school as a day scholar.

    If the child is admitted in a private school, fees as prescribed under the Right to Education Act norms will be given from the PM-CARES fund, and it will also pay for expenditure on uniform, text books and notebooks, the PMO added.

    For higher education, children will be assisted in obtaining education loan for professional courses or higher education in India according to existing norms.

    The interest on this loan will be paid from the PM-CARES fund.

    As an alternative, scholarship equivalent to the tuition fees or course fees for undergraduate and vocational courses will be provided to them under the central or state government schemes.

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    For children who are not eligible under the existing scholarship schemes, PM CARES will provide an equivalent scholarship.

    All children will also be enrolled as a beneficiary under the Ayushman Bharat Scheme, or Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY), with a health insurance cover of Rs 5 lakh.

    The premium amount for these children till the age of 18 years will be paid by PM-CARES, it said.

    Modi said the measures being announced have only been possible due to the generous contributions to the PM-CARES fund which will support India’s fight against COVID-19.

    As many as 577 children across the country were orphaned after their parents succumbed to COVID-19, Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani had said earlier this week citing reports of states and union territories from April 1 till May 25.

  • Health Ministry denies media reports claiming ‘non-functional’ ventilators at Faridkot hospital

    By ANI
    NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Thursday said that media reports claiming ventilators supplied by the Central government to Faridkot’s Guru Gobind Singh Medical College (GGSMC) and Hospital, are lying unused due to technical glitches are seen to be unfounded and not having the full information on the matter.

    “There have been some media reports suggesting that Government of India supplied ventilators (supported by PM CARES) to GGS Medical College and Hospital, Faridkot, Punjab are lying unused as a result of technical glitches which have not been resolved due to poor after-sales support by the manufacturers. These reports seem to be unfounded and not having the full information on the matter,” the ministry said.

    The ministry said that the ventilators were available in very limited numbers in government hospitals across the country at the beginning of the pandemic last year. That is when the local manufacturers were encouraged to produce “Make in India” ventilators to address the huge projected demand of the country and orders placed on them.

    “There are a few states which have received the ventilators but are yet to get these installed in their hospitals. Union Health Secretary has written to seven such states on April 11, 2021, which still have more than 50 ventilators lying uninstalled with them for the last 4-5 months. They have been requested to get the installation expedited so that the ventilators can be put to optimal use,” it said.

    With reference to the recent media report regarding 71 of 80 AGVA make Ventilators being non-functional or faulty at the GGS Medical College and Hospital, Faridkot, Punjab, the ministry clarified that 88 Ventilators have been supplied by Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) and five by AGVA while adding that after successful installation and commissioning, these ventilators were provided with Final Acceptance Certificate by the hospital authorities.

    BEL has informed that the bulk of the ventilators at GGS Medical College Hospital (GGSMCH), Faridkot are not faulty, as are being reported in a section of the media.

    “Their engineers have visited also the hospital on different occasions in the past to address the complaints received and carried out minor repairs required promptly. They have even conducted repeated demonstrations of the functioning of the ventilators to the staff over there,” the health ministry added.

    It further said that that there are issues and problems with the infrastructure in GGSMCH including the non-availability of required pressure in the central oxygen gas pipelines.

    The ministry also claimed that the consumables like flow sensors, bacteria filters and HME filters are not being changed by the hospital authorities as per the prescribed norms, or the ventilators are being used without these important consumable items.

    It said that the BEL engineers visited GGSMCH again on Wednesday and made five ventilators functional only by replacing a few consumables and demonstrated their optimum performance to the GGSMCH authorities, thereby, further making it evident that when operated properly, the ventilators will provide reliable performance.

    In addition to the instructions given in the user manual, detailed instructions and guidelines have also been issued to all the ventilator users regarding infrastructure requirements, proper usage and maintenance of the CV200 ventilators. However, these are not being followed by many hospitals and medical colleges in Punjab. They have been, instead, raising the issue of ventilators being non-functional without any basis.

    It is clarified that BEL will continue to provide all the technical support required by the State in meeting the ventilator requirement during this pandemic situation.

    The Union Health Ministry has also written to the States and UTs on May 9, 2021, informing them once again of the helpline numbers of the ventilator manufactures, which are also available on the ventilators in the form of stickers.

    “In addition, information has again been provided of state-wise WhatsApp groups created with the concerned nodal officers of the states and UTs, representatives of the User Hospitals and technical teams of the manufacturers in order to address any technical issues in real-time. Dedicated email IDs of these manufacturers have also been shared with the states/UT,” the ministry added.

    In order to augment the existing hospital infrastructure, the Union Government has been centrally procuring and providing states/UTs/central hospitals/ institutes with essential medical devices including ventilators since April 2020. 

    Punjab on Wednesday registered 197 more coronavirus deaths, taking the toll to 11,111, while 8,347 new cases took the infection tally to 4,67,539, according to a medical bulletin.

    The number of active cases rose from 76,856 on Tuesday to 79,963.

    Twenty-eight deaths were reported from Ludhiana, 20 each from Patiala and Bathinda, 19 from Amritsar and 14 from Sangrur, among fatalities reported in the past 24-hours.

    Ludhiana registered the maximum number of cases at 1,215 followed by 874 in Bathinda, 821 in Jalandhar, 723 in Fazilka and 713 in Mohali, among daily fresh cases.

    A total of 4,971 coronavirus patients were discharged after recovering from infection, taking the number of cured persons to 3,76,465, according to the bulletin.

    There are 342 critical patients who are on ventilator support while 9,736 are on oxygen support, the bulletin said.

    A total of 79,32,936 samples have been collected for testing so far in the state, it said.

    Meanwhile, Chandigarh registered 776 fresh cases, taking the count to 52,633, according to a medical bulletin.

    Fourteen more people succumbed to COVID-19 in the Union territory, taking the toll to 599.

    The number of active cases was 8,528, as per the bulletin.

    A total of 859 patients were discharged after they recovered from the infection, taking the number of cured persons to 43,506, as per the bulletin.

    A total of 4,47,896 samples have been taken for testing so far and of them, 3,94,118 tested negative while reports of 80 samples were awaited, the bulletin stated.

    Meanwhile, the Chandigarh administration said it has decided to start vaccination for the 18-44 age group from May 14.

    The beneficiaries will have to book the slots for vaccination, an official release said.

    The Centre has allotted 33,000 doses of vaccine for the 18-44 age group in Chandigarh.

    (With PTI Inputs)