Shocking: PM CARES ventilator scam gets bigger. Could be 1500+ crores.

I earlier said the price of 1 BEL Skanray ventilator was 2.5 lakhs.

Turns out it's actually LESS THAN 1 LAKH.

This was said on record by Dr. Hiremath (who helped design them) to @TheDailyPioneer

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PM CARES claims to have spent 2000 crores on 50,000 ventilators (i.e. 4 lakhs/ventilator).

While the above statement by Dr. Hiremath shows they together should've cost less than 500 crores (at a price of less than 1 lakh/ventilator)

Where did 1500 crores go?

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Still going to threaten me with legal action @cmdbel?

Or will you now reveal the purchase price of 1 PM CARES ventilator to the people of India & do the right thing.

PS: Here's the link from The Pioneer where Dr. Hiremath is quoted (in para 4):

https://www.dailypioneer.com/2020/india/low-cost-ventilators-to-save-indian-lives.html

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