Holding that 73 crore people of the country's population have received their vaccination, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said vaccination was the only medicine to boost the economy as it allows people to conduct businesses regularly or farmers to carry out the farming activity.

"Vaccination programme has been going on smoothly in the country and so far 73 crore people have already received jabs free of charge. Today, through vaccination programme, people were able to conduct business, traders were able to procure products to run businesses, (thereby) boosting the economy, or farmers were able to do farming...So, vaccination is the only medicine (to combat the virus, to boost the economy)...," she said.