IAS Gyan

Daily News Analysis

HAR GHAR DASTAK 2.0 CAMPAIGN

2nd June, 2022 Polity and Governance

Copyright infringement not intended

 

In News

  • “Har Ghar Dastak 2.0” campaign was launched to increase Covid-19 Vaccination Coverage and cover all eligible beneficiaries through door-to-door campaigns.
  • A special focus of the campaigns on old age homes, schools/colleges, prisons, etc.
  • HarGharDastak campaign 1.0 was launched in Nov 2021.
    • HarGharDastak 2.0 will be implemented from 1st June 2022 to 31st July 2022.
  • The objective of the campaign is to vaccinate and cover the eligible population groups for first, second and precaution doses through door-to-door campaigns.
  • States/UTs are advised to launch effective monitoring with separate micro-plans based on duelists of all eligible beneficiaries.
  • So far, 193.57 Cr doses have been administered across the country.
    • 3% of all persons above 15 years of age have received at least one dose.
    • 3% have received both the doses of COVID-19 vaccine.

https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1830032