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
* 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, Industrial establishments
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