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Mizoram CM writes to PM Modi, requests GoI to purchase vaccines and distribute it equitably SECTIONS Share Synopsis The Chief Minister in a letter stated, “While most parts of India appear to have reached a stage where the new cases of COVID-19 are declining, North East India is still witnessing an increasing trend of new cases. The pandemic puts serious stress on the resources of the country and this has far more severe impacts on small states with small resource bases like Mizoram.” PTI Mizoram Chief Minister, Zoramthanga has written to Prime minister Narendra Modi requesting his kind intervention for Government of India to buy the entire vaccine requirements and make equitable distributions to all the states adding that the special category states like Mizoram are provided with vaccines free of charge. ....
Barring agriculture, which continued its stellar performance, growing at 3.6% in FY2021, and electricity that grew at 1.9%, every other sector contracted during the year. The contraction in trade (–18.2%), construction (–8.6%), mining (–8.5%) and manufacturing (–7.2%) is particularly ominous, as these account for the bulk of jobs, especially low-skilled ones. And especially since any hope that the contraction may prove a temporary setback has been scotched by the second wave of Covid in March. ....
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said these steps will help mitigate financial difficulties faced by these families. “Family Pension under ESIC and EPFOEmployees Deposit Linked Insurance Scheme will provide a financial cushion to those families who have lost their earning member due to Covid-19. GOI stands in solidarity with these families,” he tweeted. ....