In his televised address to the nation, the Prime Minister said the government itself will buy 75 per cent of the total vaccine production from vaccine manufacturers Government of India will provide free vaccines to the states to inoculate all people aged above 18 years, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday as he outlined his government’s vaccination policy. In his televised address to the nation, the Prime Minister said the government itself will buy 75 per cent of the total vaccine production from vaccine manufacturers and give it free to the state governments. “No state government of the country will have to spend anything on the vaccine. Only the Government of India will provide free vaccine to all the countrymen,” Modi asserted. Referring to the criticism that Centre left states to fend for themselves to procure jabs, Modi said the Centre has changed its vaccine policy only on the demand from states. “But some states are now saying that the previous system was better....