Covid-19-India to move on again- 15 Industry sector to get relaxation hopefully?

15 Industry sector to get relaxation hopefully?

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PM-Modi's Official Statement

• India to get going again: 15 industries, street vendors to be allowed (Representational Image)

• The government has decided to get the country going once again by allowing 15 various industries to commence operations and also allowing trucks, repair services, and street vendors to start work as the exit strategy from the coronavirus lockdown starts to take shape. 

• A number of large and small scale sectors have been allowed where they are mandated to ensure social distancing norms. The proposal comes two days before the lockdown is to end.

• This needs to be clarified by the Ministry of Labour, the government said.

• The Industry Ministry has given these recommendations to the Home Ministry with a list of 15 industries which should be opened with minimum manpower and distancing norms on a single shift basis.

• These include those involved in manufacturing of heavy electrical items like transformers and circuit vehicles, telecom equipment and components including optic fiber cable, compressor and condenser units, steel and ferrous alloy mills, spinning and ginning mills, power looms, defence and defence ancillary units.

• Cement plants, however, can run in three shifts as cement production is a continuous process.Pulp and paper units can resume their production in clusters where COVID-19 cases are low based on the data by the state authorities.

• Fertiliser plants, paints and dyes manufacturing, all types of food and beverages, seeds processing units, plastic manufacturing units, automotive units, gems and jewellery sector units, all units in Special Economic Zones and Export Oriented Units have also been exempted from nationwide lockdown measures.

• Big companies with proper sanitation and distancing norms in place in sectors such as textiles, automobiles and electronic manufacturing (20 per cent to 25 per cent capacity in single shift may be considered to start with).

• Companies/MSMEs with export commitments need to be allowed to operate with minimal manpower and necessary movement of material as a new entity.

• Housing and construction sectors need to be allowed if the labourers stay at the sites with all facilities and safeguards. Contractors shall ensure safety, sanitation and distancing norms.Although there is not much construction activity, this is a large employment sector.

• All transport vehicles of all sizes, whether inter-State, intra-State or intra-city, need to be allowed, whether empty or full, by all enforcement agencies without asking any question, is the recommendation.

• It has recommended that all street vendors like fruit and vegetable sellers should be allowed by the States in order to improve doorstep delivery and also to provide much needed liquidity to this population.

• Certain repairing units like those individuals or small agencies involved in providing repair services of mobiles, electrical items like refrigerators, air conditioners, televisions etc, plumbing, cobblers, ironing (dhobi), electrician, automobile mechanics, and cycle repair mechanics should be allowed.