Union minister G Kishan Reddy said recently that the 90 lakh private security guards in the country will have a big role to play in the distribution of the coronavirus vaccine. The Minister has praised the private security industry for its continued service during the pandemic as it mandated the government to cover it under "essential services".
"The private security industry will have a big role to play in the distribution of the coronavirus vaccine as it will be a big task for the government, police or officials to distribute and administer vaccines to 130 crore people across the country," Reddy said. With such a large workforce, only security guards can ensure wider and faster distribution of vaccines, the Minister added. Due to their omnipresence, at hospitals, banks, institutions, they alone can ensure "that every household is covered in the vaccination program", said the Minister.
The number of private security guards in the country is estimated to be about 90 lakh. While addressing a conference of the Central Association of Private Security Industry (CAPSI) he said, "We consider the private security industry as an integral part of India's security paraphernalia and the Home Ministry has been taking various steps to promote and strengthen it".
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