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The Cabinet Economic Affairs Committee has approved in principle a proposal to follow the direct purchase procedure (DPM) for the acquisition of the coronavirus vaccine due to urgent state needs.
The approval was given at the 24th meeting of the Cabinet Economic Affairs Committee chaired by the Minister of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, Anisul Haque, on Wednesday.
After the meeting, Additional Secretary of the Cabinet in a virtual briefing. Abu Saleh Mostafa Kamal said that according to PPR-2006, any government procurement proposal exceeding Tk 5 million rupees per year must be submitted to the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs for approval.
He said that since a large quantity of Kavid-19 vaccines must be acquired simultaneously to control the epidemic, the proposal to follow the DPM procedure for the acquisition of the Kavid-19 vaccine was approved in principle in accordance with the policy of this meeting in accordance with paragraph 6 (2) of PPR-2006. Done.
Earlier, after a cabinet meeting on Monday, Cabinet Secretary Khandaker Anwarul Islam said the government would initially provide 30 million (30 million) doses of free vaccines to the general public. In addition, the country will take stricter measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus between people.
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