NEW DELHI: After PM Narendra Modi announced a 21-day lockdown in the country due to the coronavirus pandemic, the ministry of home affairs on Tuesday issued guidelines for essential services that will continue to function.
The MHA provided a list of the services that will be exempted from the lockdown:
- Hospitals and other related medical establishments
- Shops, including ration shops, dealing with food, groceries, fruits and vegetables, dairy and milk booths
- Banks, insurance offices and ATMs
- Print and electronic media
- Delivery of all essential goods including food, medicine, medical equipment through e-commerce
- Petrol pumps, LPG, petroleum and gas retail and storage outlets
- Police, home guards, civil defence, fire and emergency services, disaster management and prison
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Full text: Guidelines for essential service providers - Electricity, water and sanitation
- Municipal bodies – only staff required for essential services like sanitation, personnel related to water supply, etc
- District administration and treasury
- In case of funerals, congregation of not more than 20 persons will be permitted
- Hotels, lodges, motels and homestays accommodating tourists and people stranded due to lockdown
- Telecommunications, internet services, broadcasting and cable services, IT and IT-enabled services will have to work from home as far as possible
- Power generation, transmission, and distribution units and services
- Capital and debt market services as notified by the securities and exchange board of India
What will remain closed:
- Offices of government of India, its autonomous/ subordinate offices and public corporations
- All transport services – air, rail, roadways
- All educational, training, research, coaching institutions, etc
- All places of worship. No religious congregations will be permitted, without any exception
- All social, political, sports, entertainment, academic, cultural, religious functions/ gatherings is barred
- Hospitality services
- Industrial establishments
Source: ToI
Image Courtesy:Deccan Herald
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