1 / 11Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced that the central government will provide free vaccines to all from June 21. However, 25% of vaccines will be available to private hospitals directly from vaccinators. For this, the Center has also fixed the price of vaccines. 2 / 11According to experts, the cost of vaccines is high as the technology for making covacin is expensive. (For all its “made in India” pitch, Covaxin is the most expensive Covid-19 vaccine in India)3 / 11A completely inactivated virus is used to make the covaxin vaccine.4 / 11Hundreds of liters of expensive serum have to be imported to make a vaccine using a completely inactivated coronavirus5 / 11The virus is grown in these serums with careful care in highly safe biosecurity laboratories. The virus is then inactivated.6 / 11Covacin vaccine, a joint venture between India Biotech and ICMR, is expensive as the whole process is expensive compared to other vaccines.7 / 11Unlike covacin, these vaccines do not require expensive technology.8 / 11Since both of these vaccines are manufactured using mRNA technology, they do not require a large system. This technology does not use the actual corona virus.9 / 11Vaccine pricing includes factors such as raw material, packaging, vaccine preparation process, its maintenance, licensing, medical tests, cost of production, etc.10 / 11According to experts, Indian vaccine manufacturers earn between Rs 3 and Rs 4 per dose.11 / 11Indian-made covacin is the most expensive vaccine. The covacin vaccine is twice as expensive as the covshield