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The CPM will have to do more explaining especially at a time when the party's earlier stand of opposing the Express Highway is now being widely discussed.
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan met Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav on Friday and urged him to speed up the clearance for the Semi High-Speed Railway line from Thiruvananthapuram to Kasaragod.
Around 75 per cent of India's all eligible adult population has been administered at least the first dose and around 31 per cent has received both the doses of the vaccine.
The Opposition's charge was that the project would inflict economic, ecological and social costs that would be infinitely more than the claimed benefits.
The government had appointed Subramanian, an ISB Hyderabad professor, as the CEA in December 2018. He had succeeded Arvind Subramanian, who quit the position close to a year ahead of his extended tenure.
NITI Aayog's Member, Health, Dr V K Paul said that India has successfully administered one dose to 66 per cent of the adult population, and almost a quarter have received the both doses.
According to various reports, the earlier world record for daily doses was created by China with 2.47 crore vaccines being administered in June.
Noting that there is an overall stabilisation in COVID-19 cases, India govt urged people to be careful in the coming two-three months to retain the gains achieved in the pandemic management so far.
Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) chief Dr Balram Bhargava said that the Covid vaccine booster dose is currently not on the agenda.
Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla observed that more efforts would be required to arrest the increase in infections.