31 MAY Delhi: Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology, MoS PMO, Department of Atomic Energy and Department of Space and MoS Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Dr. Jitendra Singh today said that under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, last nine years witnessed universal acknowledgement of India’s scientific prowess.The Minister said, during the last nine years under the stewardship of PM Modi, India’s scientific temper catapulted India to the select league of leading nations with emerging technologies.Addressing the 46th Induction Programme for the newly recruited scientists of Ministry of Science and Technology at the Human Resource Development Centre, Ghaziabad of CSIR, Dr Jitendra Singh said despite scepticism and doubts raised in some unscrupulous quarters, the country successfully fought back the Covid19 pandemic. Under the able guidance and leadership of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, Indian pharmaceutical companies developed vaccines in a short time and the Government not only combatted the spread of Covid19 but also exported the vaccine to the developed world and WHO commitments.Dr Jitendra Singh said, under the Rs. 900 Crore ‘Mission COVID Suraksha’, announced by Government of India as part of the Atmanirbhar Bharat 3.0 package, the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) delivered four vaccines, augmented the manufacturing of Covaxin, The four vaccines are- ZyCoV-D- world’s 1st and India’s indigenously developed DNA Vaccine, CORBEVAXTM – India’s first protein subunit vaccine, GEMCOVAC™-19 – world’s 1st and India’s indigenously developed mRNA vaccine and iNCOVACC- world’s 1st and India’s indigenously developed intranasal COVID-19 Vaccine.
