Guidelines on lockdown 2.0

The Ministry of Home Affairs has issued a set of guidelines for state governments and general public to follow during the lockdown till May 3.

Guideline No.1: Offices of the government of India, Autonomous/Subordinate Offices and public Corporation shall remain closed.

Exceptions are:

• Defense,central police armed forces.
• Treasury (including, Pay & Accounts Offices, Financial Advisers With Bare Minimum staff).
• Public utilities like petrol pumps and Power generation and Transmission units.
• Disaster Management and Early Warning Agencies
• Nation Informatics centre
• Customs clearance at ports border
• RBI and RBI regulated finicial market with minimum staff

Guideline No.2: Offices of the state governments and their Corporation etc shall remain closed.

Exceptions are:

• Police, Home Guard, Civil defence, fire and emergency services and disaster management.
• District administration and Treasury with minimum staff
• Electricity, Water, Sanitation
• Municipal Bodies
• Resident Commissioner of states in New Delhi with minimum staff
• Social Welfare Department with minimum staff

Guideline No.3: Hospitals and Veternity and all related medical establishments including their manufacturing and Distribution units, both in private and public sector.

Guideline No.4: Commercial and private establishments shall be shut down.

Exceptions are:

• Shops including ration shops under PDS, dealing with food, groceries, fruits and vegetables, dairy and milk booths, meat and fish, animan fooder, fertilizer,seeds and pesticides
• Banks, insurance Offices and ATM
• Print and electronic media
• Telecommunication, internet services, cable and broadcasting services
• Delivery of all essential goods including food, medical equipments and pharmaceuticals through E-commerce
• Petrol pumps, LPG, petroleum and gas retail and storage outlets
• Cold storage and warehousing services
• Private security services
• Data and call centers for Government Activities only.
• Farming operation by farmers.
• Shops for truck repairs on highways.
• All other establishments may work from home only.

Guideline No.5 : Industrial Establishments will remain closed.

Exceptions are:

• Manufacturing units of essential Goods including drugs and medical devices
• Coal and minerals production
• Manufacturing of packaging material for food items and drugs
• Manufacturing and packaging units of fertilizer, seeds and pesticides
• Tea Industry

Guidelines No.6: All transport services- air,rail,roadways will remain suspended.

Exceptions are:

• Transportation for essential goods only
• Fire,law and order emergency services
• Inter state movements of goods/ cargo inland and exports

Guidelines No.7: Hospitality Services to remain suspended.