MHA releases guidelines for lockdown till May 31; states to decide red,orange, green zones

After extension of nationwide lockdown till May 31, Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), on Sunday, released its detailed guidelines for extended lockdown. MHA has allowed delineation of red, green and orange zones as per state and UT governments, taking Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoHFW) into consideration. Moreover, Centre has also imposed a mandatory night curfew in all areas from 7:00 PM to 7:00 AM, except for essential activities.

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Prohibitions & relaxation in Lockdown 4.0

As per MHA guidlines, all domestic & international air travel, metros, educational institutions, hotels, cinema halls, malls, gyms, swimming pools, places of worship, social/political/sport/entertainment/ cultural/religious events will remain prohibited. On or hand, sports complexes and stadia are allowed to open without spectators. Moreover, inter-state movement of passenger vehicles and buses will be allowed on mutual consent and intra-satte movement of vehicles can be allowed as per state government's decision.

Furrmore MHA has allowed states to decide on red, orange and green zones and allowed district authorities to demarcate containment and buffer zones in red and orange zones. MHA has also allowed essential activities in continment zones, but barred movement of people in and out of zone. Apart from above mentioned prohibitions, all or activities will be mentioned, states MHA , with an additional nigh curfew. States and UTs can prohibit any or activities as deemed necessary. Apart from se guidelines, MHA has amended mandatory 'Aarogya Setu' installation to asking employers to install app on a 'best effort basis' by its employees.

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MHA's revised guidelines:

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States extend lockdown

Prior to  nationwide lockdown extension till May 31, five states - Punjab, Mizoram, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Telanagana had already extended ir state lockdown as cases soared. Moreover, Karanataka had extended its lockdown till May 19. India's currently has 90,927 cases with 2872 fatalities, while PM Modi has anunced a Rs 20 lakh crore ecomic pack - including previous monetary pack and liquidity measures anunced by RBI till date (amounting to 10.26 lakh crore) to kickstart Indian ecomy's growth.

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