2 ! D+ ,- %)"7 ! ")"7 !7 VRGR '%&((!1#VCEB R BP A"'!#$#1!$"#0$"T utqBVQWBuxy( 0234!0 %,- 3'34 (3,5/6 )'3,78 - % " +561C56,* 3262*-:2+/1*: 8*#164 ,*561C4: 5:-54*2 6+ 6,***1+2:-69*281164* 6464*26* 2415626-2 154,6325 ,*52,4 5F,*2,86F, E1 $/B;001 / E * !!% 5' # # ('.&.%6 %.+ ! " R " 4*,*56 bajti hai). “The meeting was legal guarantee for the MSP held in good atmosphere but (minimum support price) sys- #$%&#%#' he seventh round of talks farmers were adamant on their tem for procurement of their Tbetween protesting farmers’ demands and we could not crops. The Government is not unions and the Government arrive at any conclusion. The interested in resolving the issue, executive officer of the SII, has failed to end the impasse on Government wanted a clause- claimed farmer leaders. said that the vaccine manufac- Monday as the Government wise discussion on the legisla- From the very beginning of turer is likely to charge a spe- ruled out rollback of the three tions to take forward the talks,” the meeting, union leaders cial price of 200 per dose for agricultural laws and the he said. kept on insisting on the repeal the first 100 million jabs, which farmer leaders refused to call “Several rounds of talks are of the three contentious farm it will supply to the off their agitation till that hap- held during such important laws and the two sides took a Government. pens. The next round of talks issues. The Government has to long break after just about one Indian drug regulator on will be held on January 8. decide keeping in mind farm- hour of discussions. Farmer 4*,*56 Sunday approved Covishield According to farmers’ ers of the entire country. Both leaders said the Government and Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin leader Sarwan Singh Pandher sides want to resolve the issue. informed them that it needs to he Government will have to for restricted emergency use in of the Kisan Mazdoor The laws have been made keep- consult internally and there- Tshell out between 219 to the country. “We want the vac- Sangharsh Committee, the ing in mind the best interest of after it would come back to the 292 per shot of Covishield cine to be affordable and acces- Union Ministers have clearly farmers,” Tomar added. unions. During the meeting, vaccine developed by sible to all. The Government of said that the laws will not be The first two hours of talks farmers categorically told the AstraZeneca and the University India will receive it at a far repealed. “The Ministers even focussed only on the three Ministers that they don’t want of Oxford and sold and man- more affordable price of $3-4, told us to approach the laws and the other key demand clause by clause discussions on ufactured by Pune-based since they will be buying in a Supreme Court for repeal of the of farmers for a legal guaran- three farm laws. Serum Institute of India (SII) in larger volume,” he said. laws,” he said. The farmer lead- tee to the MSP procurement “We have already rejected the country. The SII has a Poonawalla, said the pri- ers said they will continue system did not come up for dis- any alternative to repeal. We licence to produce the shot and ority supplies will go to India with their agitation till the cussions. want quick withdrawal of these has already manufactured close and the GAVI (Global Alliance laws are repealed. # +#, - # Sources said before the laws and it can be done to 50 million doses. for Vaccines and The Government, repre- ') % &* meeting at Vigyan Bhavan through Ordinance when The Government has plans Immunization) nations. sented by Union Ministers began, both parties observed a Parliament is not in session,” to roll out the vaccination Only after meeting their Narendra Singh Tomar, Piyush sions are misplaced and has benefits from the three laws, Government is sensitive about two-minute silence as a mark the union leaders said. drive at the earliest with at least requirements, “the private mar- Goyal and Som Prakash, told ruled out repealing the laws. enacted a few months ago, but farmers’ issues and offered of tribute to the 50 protesting Farmers’ leader of 3 crore health workers and ket will open up where the pric- the delegation of 41 partici- Sources said the farmers kept insisting that the clause-wise discussion on the farmers who died during the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU), corona warriors to be given the ing would be $6-8 per dose,” he pating union leaders that it Government has offered a joint legislation must be withdrawn three Acts but they could not agitation. Rakesh Tikait said that ‘Kanun jab in the first phase. said. Serum will have 100 mil- would review any clause the committee on minimum sup- to address their apprehensions reach a conclusion. Farmer leaders, however, wapsi nahi, to ghar wapsi nahi’ However, the Covishield lion doses in a month, and will protesters have a problem with. port price for crops to discuss that the new Acts would weak- “We are hopeful that we alleged that it was the (We will not go home until the vaccine is likely to cost 1,000 possibly double it by April. The Ministers also asked the the farmers’ demand for legal- en the MSP and mandi system can find a solution in the next Government’s “ego problem” laws are withdrawn). The per dose when it is available in The Government has indi- farmer leaders to point out ising it, but the union leaders and leave them at the mercy of meeting on January 8,” Tomar that was coming in the way of union leaders will also have the open market and for private cated that it may need 300 mil- what they considered objec- remained adamant on dis- big corporates. said but asserted that efforts resolving the issues and they their own meeting on Tuesday use. As of now, the SII cannot lion doses before July 2021, tionable in the legislations. cussing the repeal of the farm After the meeting, Union need to be made from both insisted they would not relent to decide their next course of export or sell in the open mar- with frontline health workers The Government has main- laws. During the meeting, the Agriculture Minister Narendra sides for a solution to be on their key demands for the action. ket its Covid-19 vaccine. and the elderly given priority. tained that these apprehen- Government listed various Singh Tomar said the reached (taali dono haathon se repeal of the three laws and a Continued on Page 2 Adar Poonawalla, chief Continued on Page 2 ## ( samples at the National Centre “A total of 38 samples have $ R '"! (R for Disease Control (NCDC), been found to be positive with New Delhi, 11 in the Institute the new UK variant genome,” !R() !" of Genomics and Integrative the Ministry said. Biology (IGIB), Delhi, one in It said comprehensive con- * the National Institute of tact tracing has been initiated 4*,*56 Biomedical Genomics, Kalyani for co-travellers, family con- (near Kolkata). tacts and others. Genome total of 38 people have test- The other five samples sequencing on other speci- * 4*,*56 Aed positive for the new UK were detected in the National mens is going on, it added. variant of SARS-CoV-2 in Institute of Virology in Pune, “The situation is under # 4*,*56 auding scientists and tech- India so far, the Union Health three in Centre for Cellular and careful watch and regular Lnicians for coming out with Ministry said on Monday. Molecular Biology (CCMB) in advice is being provided to the day after the DCGI’s deci- India’ indigenously developed These include the 29 cases Hyderabad and 10 were States for enhanced surveil- Asion to approve Covaxin Covid-19 vaccine, Prime which were announced till sequenced at the National lance, containment, testing and kicked up a major row with a Minister Modi on Monday & % ' % ' Friday. All these people have Institute of Mental Health and dispatch of samples to string of experts pointing to the Dr Randeep Guleria for his said world’s biggest vaccination % ') % &* been kept in single-room iso- Neuro Sciences Hospital INSACOG labs,” the Ministry lack of its efficacy data, its comment regarding the use of drive against coronavirus is lation in designated health- (NIMHANS), Bengaluru. stated. developer Bharat Biotech hit Covaxin as a “backup”. set to begin in the country. ucts in every corner of the National Atomic Timescale care facilities by respective The NCBS, InSTEM in The presence of the new out on Monday at critics assert- “I don’t understand what is “World’s biggest Covid-19 world,” he said. and Bhartiya Nirdeshak Dravya State Governments and their Bengaluru, CDFD in UK variant has already been ing that the company was in ‘backup’. On TV, everyone can vaccination programme set to Quality of services in our Pranali to the nation and laid close contacts have also been Hyderabad, ILS in reported by Denmark, “no way” inferior to Pfizer, a US sling mud at each other. We are begin in India. For this, the country and products, both the foundation stone of the put under quarantine, the Bhubaneswar and NCCS in Netherlands, Australia, Italy, pharma MNC, in terms of all now cleaning our coats. country is proud of the contri- public or private sector will National Environmental Ministry said. Pune have so far found no UK Sweden, France, Spain, coronavirus vaccine. There is no backup for humans. butions of its scientists and determine India’s strength in Standards Laboratory through Of the 38, the mutated mutant virus, the Ministry Switzerland, Germany, Canada, Bharat Biotech managing No backup for virus,” Dr Ella technicians,” Modi said.