Empowered Agency For Research and Development

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare stated that an empowered agency for research and development related to the COVID-19 has been formed under the tutelage of Dr Vinod Paul from the Niti Aayog and K Vijay Raghavan who is the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Prime Minister. The stakeholders include departments of science and biotechnology, other scientific and research institutes, scientists, and industrices.