The Supreme Court has constituted a 12-member National Task Force (NTF).
The Supreme Court has constituted a 12-member National Task Force (NTF) to ensure effective and transparent medical oxygen allocation to states and union territories. The aim is to save lives of Kovid-19 patients and improve public health facilities for the epidemic. A bench of justices DY Chandrachud and MR Shah said that the rationale for consulting the task force at the national level is to improve the public health system for the epidemic, which is based on scientific and specialized field knowledge.
Objective to improve public health system
The court said that large experts should associate themselves with the task force, which can formulate scientific strategies to work with the public health system, including oxygen supply and essential medicines, based on scientific and specialized field knowledge is based. The judges said in a 24-page judgment issued on Saturday that decision-makers from the NTF will get inputs, which will be different from temporary solutions to the current problems.
The court said that he hoped that the big experts of the country would join the Task Force and work as both members and resource persons. This will get the views of many people and create scientific strategy to deal with this unexpected humanitarian crisis. According to the Bench, the decision-makers will get input from the formation of the National Task Force, which will be different from the temporary solution for the current problems.
The order states that this will ensure that the present future needs of the present can be scientifically mapped and they can be gathered on the basis of experience. With the formation of the task force, the central government will get input and strategy to deal with the challenges of the epidemic on a transparent and professional basis in the present and future.
