Covaxin production under Atmanirbhar Bharat 3.0 Mission

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

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This is being implemented by Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC), New Delhi.

To augment the capacity of Indigenous production of Covaxin under the Mission, the Department of Biotechnology in April, 2021 provided financial support as Grant to vaccine manufacturing facilities for enhanced production capacities, which is expected to reach more than 10 crore doses per month by September, 2021.

Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC) is a not-for-profit Section 8, Schedule B, Public Sector Enterprise, set up by Department of Biotechnology (DBT).