AHMEDABAD: The
state government spent Rs 214 crore on purchasing sanitizer, masks, PPE kits and liquid oxygen for Covid treatment, the assembly was told on Thursday.
The maximum amount of Rs 136 crore was spent on purchasing rapid antigen test kits.
Reply to a question in the state assembly, deputy CM
Nitin Patel said that initially the prices of antigen kits and other material were very high, but as
more and more players entered the market, the prices came down.
The government said that it was yet to make payment of Rs 118 crore to the various agencies for purchase of the kits.
The purchases by corporations are not included in the data. The data tabled was only till January 31, 2021. The officials said that the state government has adopted the policy of aggressive testing since March 2021 when the Covid-19 cases increased in the state.