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                                                               India Moving Towards Permanent Solution




                                    MANUFACTURING                           VACCINATION EXPANDED
                                              2020 00
                      TEST LAB      OF PPE    MARCH                             In the fight against
                                    KITS
                        MARCH   2020  14      NOW  05 Lakhs/day                COVID, within just
                                                                               8 months, there

                        NOW  4000                   MARCH  ICU BEDS            was success with 2
                                                                               indigenous vaccines.
                                                       2168
                                                     2020
                                                                               Since then, this journey
                                                   NOW  139000                 of vaccination has
                                                                               reached more than 197
                                                                               crore doses on June 27.
                              FOUNDATION OF                      N-95           It took 85 days for
                                                                               the first 10 crore
                            VICTORY AGAINST                      Mask          vaccinations, while it
                                                                 200 registered
                                                                               took only 11 days to
                                     COVID                       manufacturers   reach 70 to 80 crore
                                                                 have the capacity
                                                                               vaccinations.
               OXYGEN BED                           vaccination   to produce 32     There are now five
                                                       The
                                                                 lakh masks
                MARCH   2020  50583                 made easy    daily.        indigenous vaccines,
                                                     journey is
                                                                               i.e. Covaxin, CoveShield,
                NOW  500000                         with Covin's               Corbevax, Jaykov D, and
                                                                               Zinova.
                                                     110 crore                  According to a report by
                        OXYGEN PRODUCTION          registrations.              Lancent, 42 lakh lives
                         Production capacity increased                         were saved in India in
                         10-fold in comparison to 2021,                        2021 due to rapid Covid
                          1500 more centres approved                           vaccination.


                                              AYUSHMAN BHARAT DIGITAL HEALTH MISSION

                                      An online platform through which digital health cards are being issued
                                        to all citizens, where complete health data of the person concerned
                                             will be available. That is, a permanent solution to the hassle of
                                         carrying health records with you. About 22 Crore Ayushman Bharat
                                                               Digital Health Accounts have been created.



        to the status of an important and necessary tool in   vision,  declaring  that  this  is  an  enlightened  India.
        public  welfare  thinking.  Prime  Minister  Modi  has   This  is an  India that provides  solutions  to  global
        enumerated a long list of such projects that should   issues. Swami Vivekananda's big dreams for India,
        have been completed during the early years of        as  well  as  his  faith  in  youth,  are  now  reflected  in
        independence,  from  the  ramparts  of  the  Red  Fort   the country's  entrepreneurs,  athletes,  technocrats,
        to the numerous platforms. However, the long-term    professionals,  scientists,  innovators,  and  many
        vision of a permanent solution was not adopted at    others who are breaking down barriers and making
        the time.                                            the impossible possible.
           The country is no longer relying on destiny, but on
        clear thinking, long-term policy, and the vision of a   EMPOWERMENT OF POOR BECAME A CORE
        permanent solution, a burgeoning new India is being   CONCEPT
        built. Even during the Covid epidemic, Prime Minister   When the poor's daily struggle is alleviated and
        Narendra  Modi  embraced  Swami  Vivekananda's       they become empowered, they become enthused

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