Odisha issues alert over fake Covishield vaccine....

byPOLITICS EXPERT VLOG Published:August 28, 2021

Odisha issues alert over fake Covishield vaccine....

The Odisha health authorities have sounded an alert asking the district Collectors, healthcare institutes besides the urban local bodies to step up vigil on alleged circulation of fake Covishield vaccines.

In view of the Medical Product Alert, the Health Ministry has asked to increase the vigilance within the supply chains and carefully authenticate the product and its physical condition before its use. The World Health Organization has identified counterfeit/falsified COVISHIELD vaccines in the South-East Asia and Africa region and in this direction”, Additional Chief Secretary of Health Department, PK Mohapatra stated in an official letter asking the authorities concerned to remain vigilant and regularly monitor the situation.All District Collectors, Municipal Commissioners, Chief District Medical Officers & Public Health Officers across Odisha are directed to monitor the use of falsified Covishield vaccine and unscrupulous activities such in special vaccine sessions conducted by private hospitals, Mohapatra wrote.Any such activity reported should be taken seriously and prompt action shall be initiated against such practice, the senior health official concluded.

Atmanirbhar Bharat Mission

Atmanirbhar bharat or Self - Reliant India Mission ' is the vision of the prime minister of india Narendra Modi of making india a self - reliant nation . This mission cameup in the form of the ' Atmanirbhar bharat abhiyan ' or self - reliant india mission ' during the announcement of the coronavirus pandemic related economic package on 12th May 2020.

This self - reliant policy does not aim that to be protectionist in nature and as the finance minister clarified , " self - reliant india does not mean cutting off from the rest of the world .
Ravi shankar prasad [ law and IT minister ]
said that self - reliance does not mean isolating away from the world.
Foreign direct investment is welcome , technology is welcome self - reliant india .

✔ Initiatives :-

Atmanirbhar bharat package is very numerous government decisions have taken place such as changing the definition of MSME
[Ministry of Micro , Small and Medium Enterprises is a brach of Government of India], boosting scope for private participation in numerous sector , increasing FDI
[Foreign direct investment] in the defence sector and the vision has found support in the many of the sector such as solar manufacture sector .

☑ Examples of Initiatives which helped Atmanirbhar Bharat :

The growth of india personal protective equipement [PPE] sector from zero before march to 1,50,000 pieces by the beginning of May .

The PPE industry in india has become a Rs.7000 crore in two months the second largest after china .

The largest fund in the country worth Rs.21,000 crore was setup by the IIT Alumni Council[Indian Institute of Technology Alumni Council ] with the aim of supporting the mission towards self - reliance ..
India's own 'Made in india ' 5G network
was also announced in july 2020 by Reliance Jio .
Mukesh Ambani
[Mukesh Dhirubhai Ambani is an indian billonaire buisness magnate ad the chairman , manging director and largest shareholder of Reliance limited ]announced in mid term of july ' Jio ' has created a complete 5G solution from scratch , that will enable us to launch a world - class 5G service in india , and they were using 100 percent homegrown technologies and solutions .
In month of july 2020 , it was announced that Apple
would manufacture one of their premium iPhone models in India.
In month of August 2020 , the Defence Minister Rajnath Singh announced that the Defence Ministry is now readyfor a big push to 'Atmanirbhar Bharat Initiative' .