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Sitharaman hands over houses to buyers of first SWAMIH project ANI | Updated: May 13, 2021 19:09 IST
New Delhi [India], May 13 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday handed over possession to home buyers upon completion of the first residential project of the Centre s Special Window for Affordable and Mid-Income Housing (SWAMIH) Fund.
The residential project - Rivali Park, located in suburban Mumbai, was the first housing project in India to have received funding under the SWAMIH Fund.
Addressing the virtual event, the Finance Minister said: I am very pleased to see that SWAMIH Fund has completed its first residential project. More so, it is an important achievement since the SWAMIH Fund has worked its way through the difficult period of COVID-19 pandemic.
Minister of State for Finance Anurag Singh Thakur on Sunday said the government has provided 17.56 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses so far to states and union territories for inoculation of people of all age groups and 46 lakh doses will be supplied to them in the next three days. Thakur s remarks came in response to senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge s letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him to use Rs 35,000 crore allocated in the Union Budget to ensure free vaccine for all citizens instead of the current system of multiple pricing for various users. Pune-based Serum Institute of India is supplying Covishield to the Centre for Rs 150 a dose while to states for Rs 300 a dose. Private Hospitals are getting it at double the state s price at Rs 600.
17.56 cr free COVID-19 vaccines provided to states, UTs: Anurag Thakur
Thakur s remarks came in response to senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge s letter to PM Narendra Modi urging him to use Rs 35,000 crore allocated in the Union Budget to ensure free vaccine for all citizens
PTI | May 10, 2021 | Updated 08:17 IST
Minister of State for Finance Anurag Singh Thakur
Minister of State for Finance Anurag Singh Thakur on Sunday said the government has provided 17.56 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses so far to states and union territories for inoculation of people of all age groups and 46 lakh doses will be supplied to them in the next three days.
MoS Finance Anurag Thakur (File photo)
NEW DELHI: Minister of State for Finance Anurag Singh Thakur on Sunday said the government has provided 17.56 crore Covid-19 vaccine doses so far to states and union territories for inoculation of people of all age groups and 46 lakh doses will be supplied to them in the next three days.
Thakur s remarks came in response to senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge s letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him to use Rs 35,000 crore allocated in the Union Budget to ensure free vaccine for all citizens instead of the current system of multiple pricing for various users.