The objective of the revised guidelines is to consolidate the gains achieved during the phase 1 of lockdown and further slowdown the spread of COVID-19 and at the same time provide relief to farmers and labour and daily wage earners

The permitted activities from April 20, 2020 are aimed at ensuring that agricultural and related activities remain fully functional; the rural economy functions with maximum efficiency; employment opportunities are created for daily wage earners and other members of the labour force; select industrial activities are allowed to resume their operations, with adequate safeguards and mandatory standard operating protocols (SOPs)

1 Agricultural and related activities will resume fully to generate jobs for daily wagers and others. Industries operating in rural areas will be allowed with strict social distancing norms.

2 The inter-state transport of goods, essential and non-essential, will be allowed. Highway ”dhabas”, truck repair shops and call centres for government activities can reopen from April 20. So can manufacturing units of pharmaceuticals and medical equipment.

3 To provide an impetus to the rural economy, industries operating in rural areas, including food processing industries; construction of roads, irrigation projects, buildings and industrial projects in rural areas; works under MNREGA, with priority to irrigation and water conservation works; and operation of rural Common Service Centres have all been allowed.

4 Manufacturing and other industrial establishments with access control will be allowed in SEZs, EoUs, industrial estates and industrial townships after implementation of SOP for social distancing. Manufacture of IT hardware and of essential goods and packaging can resume.

5 Coal, mineral and oil production will be allowed.

6 The Reserve Bank of India, banks, ATMs, capital and debt markets as notified by SEBI and insurance companies will also remain functional, to provide liquidity and credit support to the industrial sectors.

7 The supply of milk, milk products, poultry and livestock farming and tea, coffee and rubber plantations will resume.

8 IT and IT-enabled services, data and call centres for government activities, and online teaching and distance learning are all permitted activities.

Know the complete list of activities permitted from 20 April 2020

Consolidated Guidelines on the measures to be taken by Ministries/ Departments of Government of India, State/Union Territory Governments and State/ Union Territory Authorities for containment of COVID-19 Epidemic in the Country, as notified by Ministry of Home Affairs Order No. 40-3/2020-DM-I(A) dated 24.03.2020 and further modified on 25.03.2020, 27.03.2020, 02.04.2020, 03.04.2020 and 10.04.2020.

1)Offices of the Government of India, its Autonomous/ Subordinate Offices and Public Corporations shall remain closed.

Exceptions:

a. Defence, central armed police forces.
b. Treasury (including, Pay & Accounts Offices, Financial Advisers and field
offices of the Controller General of Accounts, with bare minimum staff),
c. Public utilities (including petroleum, CNG, LPG, PNG), power generation and transmission units, post offices. Disaster management and Early Warning Agencies
e. National Informatics Centre.
f. Customs clearance at ports/airports/land border, GSTN; and MCA 21
Registry with bare minimum staff.
g. Reserve Bank of India and RBI regulated financial markets and entities like NPCi, CCIL, payment system operators and standalone primary dealers with bare minimum staff.

2) Offices of the State/ Union Territory Governments, their Autonomous Bodies, Corporations, etc. shad remain closed.
Exceptions:
a. Police, home guards, civil defence, fire and emergency services, disaster
management, and prisons.
b. District administration and Treasury (including field offices of the Accountant General with bare minimum staff)
c. Electricity, water, sanitation.
d. Municipal bodies- Only staff required for essential services like sanitation, personnel related to water supply etc.
e. Resident Commissioner of States, in New Delhi with bare minimum staff,
for coordinating Covid-19 related activities and internal kitchens operations.

f. Forest offices :Staff/ workers required to operate and maintain zoo, nurseries, wildlife, firefighting in forests, watering plantations, patrolling and their necessary transport movement.
g. Social Welfare Department, with bare minimum staff, for operations of
Homes for children/ disables/ senior citizens/ destitute/ women /widows;
Observation homes; pensions.
h. Agencies engaged in procurement of agriculture products, including MSP
operations.
i. `Mandis’ operated by the Agriculture Produce Market Committee or as notified by the State Government.

The above offices (SI. No 1 & 2) should work with minimum number of employees. All other offices may continue to work-from-home only.

3) Hospitals, Veterinary Hospitals and all related medical establishments, including their manufacturing and distribution units, both in public and private sector, such as dispensaries, chemist, Pharmacies (including Jan Aushadhi Kendra) and medical equipment shops, laboratories, Pharmaceutical research labs, clinics, nursing homes, ambulance etc. will continue to remain functional. The transportation for all medical personnel, nurses, para-medical staff, other hospital support services be permitted

4) Commercial and private establishments shall be closed down.
Exceptions:

a. Shops, including ration shops (under PDS), dealing with food, groceries, fruits and vegetables, dairy and milk booths, meat and fish, animal fodder,
fertilizers, seeds and pesticides. However, district authorities may encourage and facilitate home delivery to minimize the movement of individuals outside their homes.
b. Banks, insurance offices, and ATMs including IT vendors for banking
operations; Banking Correspondent and ATM operation and cash
management agencies.
c. Print and electronic media.
d. Telecommunications, internet services, broadcasting and cable services. IT and IT enabled Services only (for essential services) and as far as possible to work from home.
e. Delivery of all essential goods including food, pharmaceuticals, medical
equipment through E-commerce.
f. Petrol pumps, LPG, Petroleum and gas retail and storage outlets.
g. Power generation, transmission and distribution units and services.
h. Capital and debt market services as notified by the Securities and Exchange Board of India. Cold storage and warehousing services.

j. Private security services.
k. Data and call centers for Government activities only.
I. Farming operations by farmers and farm workers in the field.
m. ‘Custom Hiring Centres (CHC)’ related to farm machinery.
n. Shops of agriculture machinery, its spare parts (including its supply chain) and repairs to remain open.
o. Shops for truck repairs on highways, preferably at fuel pumps.
p. Operations of the fishing (marine)/aquaculture industry, including feeding & maintenance; hatcheries, feed plants, commercial aquaria, movement of fish/shrimp and fish products, fish seed/feed and workers for all these activities.

All other establishments may work-from-home only.

5) Industrial Establishments will remain closed.
Exceptions:
a. Manufacturing units of essential goods,
medical devices, their raw materials & inter
b. Production units, which require continuous
permission from the State Government.
c. Coal and mineral production, transporta
pharmaceutical,
after obtaining required
supply of explosives and
including drugs
mediates.
process,
tion,
activities incidental to mining operations.
d. Manufacturing units of packaging material for food items, drugs,
pharmaceutical and medical devices.
e. Manufacturing and packaging units of Fertilizers, Pesticides and Seeds.
f. Tea industry, including plantation with maximum of 50% workers.

6) All transport services — air, rail, roadways — will remain suspended.
Exceptions:
a. Transportation for essential goods only.
b. Fire, law and order and emergency services.
c. Operations of Railways, Airports and Seaports for cargo movement, relief and evacuation and their related operational organisations.
d. Inter-state movement of goods/ cargo for inland and exports.
e. Cross land border movement of essential goods including petroleum products and LPG, food products, medical supplies.
f. Intra and inter-state movement of harvesting and sowing related machines like combined harvester and other agriculture/horticulture implements.
g. Transit arrangements for foreign national(s) in India. (as per attached SOP)

7) Hospitality Services to remain suspended

Exceptions:

a. Hotels, home stays, lodges and motels, which are accommodating tourists
and persons stranded due to lockdown, medical and emergency staff, air and sea crew.
b. Establishments used/ earmarked for quarantine facilities.

8. All educational, training, research, coaching institutions etc. shall remain closed.
9. All places of worship shall be closed for public. No religious congregations will be permitted, without any exception.
10. Ali social/ political/ sports/ entertainment/ academic/ cultural/ religious functions / gatherings shall be barred.
11. In case of funerals, congregation of not more than twenty persons will be permitted.
12. AlI persons who have arrived into India after 15.02.2020, and all such persons who have been directed by health care personnel to remain under strict home/ institutional quarantine for a period as decided by local Health Authorities, failing which they will be liable to legal action under Sec. 188 of the IPC.
    Exceptions:
    Release of quarantined persons, who have arrived in India after 15.2.2020, after expiry of their quarantine period and being tested Covid-19 negative (as per attached SOP).

13. Wherever exceptions to above containment measures have been allowed, the organisations/employers must ensure necessary precautions against COV1D-19 virus, as well as social distance measures, as advised by the Health Department from time to time.
14. in order to implement these containment measures, the District Magistrate will deploy Executive Magistrates as Incident Commanders in the respective local jurisdictions. The Incident Commander will be responsible for the overall implementation of these measures in their respective jurisdictions. All other line department officials in the specified area will work under the directions of such incident commander. The Incident Commander will issue passes for enabling
    essential movements as explained.
15. All enforcing authorities to note that these strict restrictions fundamentally relate to movement of people, but not to that of essential goods.
16. The Incident Commanders will in particular ensure that all efforts for mobilization of resources, workers and material for augmentation and expansion of hospital infrastructure shall continue without any hindrance.
17. 17.Any person violating these containment measures will be liable to be proceeded against as per the provisions of Section 51 to 60 of the Disaster Management Act, 2005, besides legal action under Sec. 188 of the IPC.
18. Note: As specified in the lockdown measures, social distancing and proper hygiene practices must be ensured in each of the above activities. It will be the responsibility of the head of the organisation/establishment to ensure compliance of such norms. The district authorities will ensure strict enforcement.