The Central government has allowed Maharashtra government to produce Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin at the Haffkine Institute in Mumbai, Maharashtra. 

The State government had sought the Central government’s approval in getting Haffkine have a deal with Bharat Biotech to produce Covaxin under some arrangement. The state Chief Minister’s office in a press note issued stated that Ren Swarup, Secretary of the Government of India, heading the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) in the Ministry of Science and Technology, has granted permission to the state to produce the vaccine for one year. Chief Secretary Sitaram Kunte has been asked by the Chief Minister to appoint an official so that Haffkine could follow the appropriate process and start production of the vaccine with immediate effect… (ET Healthworld, April 16, 2021)