<h1>State approves Rs25 crore boost and 2% surcharge to scale oral polio vaccine production, forms three-member implementation committee</h1> State government approved a Rs 25 crore allocation to a public biomedical institute to scale oral polio vaccine production, funded via a two percent surcharge from the institute's procurement cell to meet a large national vaccine order. The government discussed employee retirement benefits and endorsed committee recommendations to strengthen the institute; it directed formation of a three-member interdepartmental committee to implement recommendations and draft a five-year revitalisation roadmap. The ministry also instructed procurement of existing anti-snake venom stocks through the state medical supplies corporation. The decisions may affect public procurement rules, internal funding mechanisms, staff benefit liabilities and regulatory oversight.