Coronavirus | Compassion must be cornerstone of government policy, former bureaucrats tell Modi
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Government must provide free universal vaccination to all citizens, 116 retired All-India and Central services officers write to PM.
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Government must provide free universal vaccination to all citizens, 116 retired All-India and Central services officers write to PM.
A group of 116 former bureaucrats wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday calling for compassion in government policy on handling the COVID-19 pandemic, apart from several administrative measures to be taken.
The retired All-India and Central services officers, under the banner of Constitutional Conduct Group, wrote: “Despite warnings from the international community and our own scientists, the breathing space between the first and the second waves was not used to augment critical resources such as
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In an open letter to the prime minister, the signatories have urged Modi to take immediate steps including free universal vaccination for all, ramp up testing, and stop expenditures on Central Vista.
Family members of COVID-19 patients wait to fill their empty cylinders with medical oxygen outside an oxygen filling centre, as demand for the gas rises due to spike in coronavirus cases, in Lucknow, Friday, April 23, 2021. Photo: PTI
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New Delhi: A group of senior retired civil servants including a former Union cabinet secretary, former national security adviser and former Union secretaries for health, agriculture, external affairs, social justice, coal, IT and other ministries have written an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressing displeasure at the seemingly “casual attitude” of the central government to the magnitude of the COVID-19 situation and its impli
India News: NEW DELHI: The central government should provide for free vaccination to all Indian citizens and greatly ramp up RT-PCR testing in both rural and urba.
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In an online discussion, he said making noises or building some international coalition in response to what China has been doing will be ineffective and India needs to strengthen itself along the LAC to make sure that the neighbouring country is not able to change the situation in its favour.
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He also called for a broader vision of India s relationship with China.