New Lockdown Rules: What Opens In Non-COVID-19 Hotspots From April 20

The government will allow select industries and economic activity after April 20 in areas least affected by the coronavirus contagion, to generate jobs for migrants and reduce the distress for those hardest hit by the prolonged lockdown. A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended the COVID-19 lockdown to May 3, guidelines have been issued to clarify what will be allowed in parts of the country after a week and what stays banned. Tough restrictions will remain in COVID-19 hotspots, or places where there are most number of coronavirus cases.
 

What will be allowed from April 20 during lockdown:

• Agricultural and related activities
• Select industrial activities
• Digital economy
• Transportation of goods, both essential and non-essential
• Agriculture marketing
• Manufacture, distribution, retail of fertilizers, pesticides, seeds
• Fisheries; supply of milk, milk products, poultry, live-stock farming
• Tea, coffee and rubber plantations
• Food processing industries in rural areas
• Construction of roads, irrigation projects, buildings, industrial projects in rural areas
• Works under MNREGA, especially irrigation and water conservation works
• Manufacturing, other industrial establishments with access control in SEZs, EoUs, industrial estates and industrial townships
• Manufacture of IT hardware, of essential goods and packaging
• Coal, mineral, oil production
• RBI, banks, ATMs, capital and debt markets as notified by SEBI and insurance companies
• E-commerce, IT and IT-enabled services, data and call centres
• Online teaching and distance learning
• Health services and social sector
• Central, state governments, local bodies to remain open
   

What will not be allowed from April 20 during lockdown:

• Travel by air, rail and road
• Educational and training institutions
• Industrial and commercial activities
• Hospitality services
• Cinema halls, theatres
• Shopping complexes
• Social, political and other events
• Religious places, congregations