India's finance chief announces 120.6-mln-USD grant for COVID-19 vaccine development
Global Times
Source: Xinhua Published: 2020/11/13 10:48:17
Indian Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman Thursday announced a grant of over 120.6 million US dollars for the research and development of COVID-19 vaccine.
The announcement came during the spelling out of the third stimulus for the revival of economy in the wake of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
"Rupees 900 crore (120.6 million US dollars) provided for COVID-19 Suraksha (prevention) Mission for Research and Development of Indian COVID-19 vaccine to department of Biotechnology," Sitharaman said.
At present three COVID-19 vaccine candidates are in different stages of human clinical trials in India.
The government also approved over 2 billion US dollars financial outlay to incentivize the global and domestic players to engage in high-value production of pharmaceutical drugs.
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