I didn't 'destroy' India's self-sufficiency in vaccine production: Ramadoss

The Union health minister in the first term of the UPA government, Anbumani Ramadoss clarifies he did not close down govt-run vaccine manufacturing units

This is a rejoinder to ‘Who destroyed India's vaccine self-sufficiency?’, an article by Bharat Bhushan published on the Business Standard website on May 17.

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An article, ‘Who destroyed India's vaccine self-sufficiency?’, written by Bharat Bhushan and published on the Business Standard website on May 17, blames me for ‘destroying’ India’s self-sufficiency in vaccine production. The article further says that I ‘effectively moved vaccine manufacture and government procurement to the private sector’. These allegations are false.
 
As mentioned in the article, there are three public sector units (PSUs) producing vaccines: Central Research Institute (CRI) in Kasauli, Himachal