On 7 th June 2021, PM has announced that 21 st June onwards there will not be state government supplied vaccination for age group 18-45 and all publicly provided vaccination will be through union government. For the end user of government vaccination, it remains to be a free vaccine as it was earlier, but it is likely that availability will improve. So, henceforth state governments will not have to deal with vaccine makers. When there are multiple users and limited resource, allocation decision is a key decision. When state governments were dealing with vaccine makers, vaccine makers had the right/power to choose the allocation. Now, union government will have that right. Since we see vaccination as a key national activity, it is indeed a correct change that democratically elected entity oversees allocation question. So now vaccination policy in India stands in the optimal form after a required course-correction. There is a nationwide free supply of vaccine only by union gov...
Guiding light for the philosopher is the consistency or non-self contradicting nature of arguments. This blog attempts to see the issues under consideration from the lens of consistency and contradiction. The objective is to point out inconsistencies and contradiction. Sometimes, I might suggest a possible improvement, but it is not an imperative.