Govt augments capacity of indigenous production of Covaxin under Atmanirbhar Bharat 3.0 Mission

New Delhi, May 15

Government is supporting the augmentation of manufacturing capacity for COVAXIN production under Mission Covid Suraksha.

Science and Technology Ministry said, under Atmanirbhar Bharat 3.0 Mission COVID Suraksha was announced to accelerate the development and production of Indigenous COVID Vaccines.

This is being implemented by Department of Biotechnology, at Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council, BIRAC, New Delhi.

To augument the capacity of Indigenous production of Covaxin under the Mission, the Department of Biotechnology had provided financial support to vaccine manufacturing facilities for enhanced production capacities, which is expected to reach more than 10 crore doses per month by September this year.

The Ministry said, financial support is being provided as grant from Centre to the tune of approximately Rs. 65 Crore to Bharat Biotech’s new Bangalore facility which is being repurposed to increase the capacity of vaccine production.