India’s COVID vaccination drive is marred with all kinds of divides and inequalities. Other than the general shortage in vaccine supply, there’s a gender divide, a rural-urban divide and also a digital divide that’s holding back the country from effective vaccination.
In the past four months, since the launch of the COVID vaccination program, 1.2 crore more men got vaccinated than women in India, as evident from the CoWin portal.
A report by The Hindu also pointed out that only an estimate 12-15 percent of India's rural population have received at least one shot of vaccination, in a big contrast to approximately 30 percent of people receiving shots in urban areas.