Washington: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has welcomed Indian Government's recent announcement of free vaccination to all and free ration to the poor at a time when the country is fighting the second wave of the pandemic and staring at a possible third wave.
"The IMF welcomes the Indian Government's announcement to facilitate access to vaccinations and to provide additional support to minimise the social cost of the pandemic and to relieve the human, the very human costs of the pandemic," Gerry Rice from the Communication Department of IMF said on Thursday in response to a question during an online press briefing.
