new delhi the centre has dispatched and delivered to various states and union territories 6738 oxygen concentrators 3856 oxygen cylinders 16 oxygen generation plants 4668 ventilatorsbi pap about 3 lakh remdesivir vials received from foreign countries from april 27 2021 to may 8the government has put in place a transparent mechanism to ensure relief material received from foreign countries are dispatched to institutions and hospitals across the country based on a set of standard operating procedures set by the health ministry the focus is on states with high caseloadsniti aayog ceo amitabh kant said several individuals such as indiacanadian billionaire prem vatsa billionaire venture capitalist vinod khosla and others are routing their contributions through reputed ngos which have fcra licences for faster delivery to institutions and statesseveral agencies are working roundtheclock to ensure that relief material is not stored and is sent immediately to the needy states government officials have said niti aayog which is working closely with the indian red cross society is monitoring the movementof relief materialsthe healthy ministry is also monitoring the movement of the relief material a dedicated coordination cell has been set up to coordinate the receipt and allocation of foreign grants aid and donationsto ensure transparency it has also set up a website to enable donors to track the movement of the relief material right upto the end beneficiarymajor items received on may 8 are from canada thailand netherland austria czech republic israel usa japan malaysia us gilead us salesforce and indian community in thailand include oxygen concentrators 2404 remdesivir 25000 ventilators 218 testing kit 692208the government of india has designed a systematic mechanism for effective allocation and prompt distribution and delivery of the support supplies received by india this will help to supplement the medical infrastructure of the tertiary care institutions and recipient statesuts a health ministry statement said on sunday