Thooothukudi: Holding 73 Crore people from the country’s population have received their vaccination, Minister of Finance Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday said vaccination was the only drug to improve the economy because it allows people to carry out agricultural activities regularly or farmers.
“Vaccination programs have run smoothly in this country and so far crore people have received JAB for free.
Today, through vaccination programs, people can do business, traders can buy products, (thus) improve the economy, or Farmers can do agriculture …
So, vaccination is the only drug (to fight the virus, to improve the economy) …
“he said.
Sitharaman made the comments while delivering a speech at the celebration of a hundred years Tamilnad Mercantile Bank here on Sunday.
On Sundays, the Ministry of Health at Tamil Nadu was eyeing to inoculate 20 lakh people holding ‘mega vaccination camps’ through 40,000 camps carried out throughout the state.
“All our prayers are not for the third wave (from the Covid-19 virus).
Suppose, if it happens, then someone must think of the availability of hospitals, even if there is a hospital, whether he has an ICU and even if there is an ICU, whether it has support Oxygen? For all these questions, the Ministry announces a scheme that allows hospitals to increase expansion when there is a big impact in the country caused by the second wave (from Covid-19), “he said.
Sitharaman said the hospital located in rural areas was able to carry out expansion work by utilizing a scheme announced by the Ministry, including the scheme of the “Viability Gap” fund.
“Through a report by Tamilnad Mercantile Bank, we can see that they take a scheme announced by the Ministry to beneficiaries (hospital).
This is what is needed (in today’s scenario).
Not only public public sector banks, private sector banks must follow, “He said.
Previously, paying rich Encomium to the Nadar community to establish a bank in May 1921 in Tuticorin, the minister said today Tamilnad Mercantile Bank has obtained “universal acceptance” and has the presence in 26 states and four Union regions.
Even a famous Greek writer who has written many global economic affairs has also mentioned the nadar community in his book, he said.
“So today there are no more nadar or bank banks from Tuticorin, he has a presence throughout the country and has more deposits than Rs 41,000 Crore.”, He said.
It stated that the bank had taken careful steps in its approach to doing business, Sitharaman said “by strictly following the basic principles, banks were able to stretch every type of crisis situation and have managed to run for a hundred years.”