{"id":135741,"date":"2021-09-21T17:52:18","date_gmt":"2021-09-21T12:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=135741"},"modified":"2021-09-22T16:32:01","modified_gmt":"2021-09-22T11:02:01","slug":"india-will-resume-exports-of-covid-19-vax-from-oct-to-meet-its-commitments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/india-will-resume-exports-of-covid-19-vax-from-oct-to-meet-its-commitments\/","title":{"rendered":"India will resume exports of covid-19 vax from Oct to meet its commitments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What is the News?<\/b><\/p>\n

India will resume the export of COVID-19 vaccines under its \u2018Vaccine Maitri\u2019 programme to fulfil the commitment towards<\/span> COVAX (COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access).<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

What is the Vaccine Maitri Programme?<\/b><\/p>\n

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Vaccine Maitri Initiative<\/b> was launched by the Government of India in January 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n

Purpose:<\/b> It is a humanitarian initiative undertaken by India to provide made-in-India COVID-19 vaccines to other countries around the world.<\/span><\/p>\n

Beneficiaries till now:<\/b> Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nepal, Bhutan, Maldives, Mauritius, Sri Lanka, Brazil, Morocco, South Africa, Afghanistan, Mexico, DR Congo, Nigeria and the UK were among some of the beneficiaries of the Vaccine Maitri initiative.<\/span><\/p>\n

Note: <\/b>Among these countries, Bangladesh has received the most COVID-19 doses under the Vaccine Maitri programme till now.<\/span><\/p>\n

However,<\/b> \u200b\u200b the initiative was stopped in April 2021<\/strong> due to India facing a severe shortage of covid vaccines amid a surging second wave.<\/span><\/p>\n

But the initiative <\/b>will now resume again in October 2021. This decision was taken as India has administered more than 80 crore covid vaccine doses.<\/span><\/p>\n

Significance<\/b>: <\/span>India\u2019s vaccine diplomacy is <\/span>in line with our motto \u2018Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam<\/a>\u2019 <\/span>which means “the world is one family”. It also <\/span>serves as an effective tool and instrument of Indian soft power and influence.<\/span><\/p>\n

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