States are getting 70 percent of the revenue from the vaccine: Anurag Thakur

 

States are getting 70 percent of the revenue from the vaccine: Anurag Thakur




Union Minister of State for Finance Anurag Thakur has responded to a letter written by Congress leader


Anurag Thakur has responded to a letter written by Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to deal with the Corona epidemic. He said that the states are getting 70 percent of the revenue generated from GST on the vaccine.

 


Kharge had said in his letter that all the people should be vaccinated free of cost, using the Rs 35 thousand crores allocated in the budget for the fight against Corona. Posting Kharge's letter on Twitter,

 

Thakur said that the center and half the states get half of the GST on the vaccine. Later, 41 percent of the share received by the Center goes to the states, thus the states get a total of 70 percent of the vaccine's revenue.


Meanwhile, the vaccination campaign against Corona in India is moving ahead at a fast pace. India has become the fastest vaccination country globally. The Union Health Ministry said on Monday that 17 crore people have been vaccinated in India.




 

At the same time, it took China 119 days to reach this figure while the US took 115 days. India has reached this figure in 114 days.


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