Coronavirus - What Is Open, What Is Not during Lockdown

What Is Open, What Is Not

Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday announced a total lockdown in India from midnight for 21 days to fight the spread of coronavirus. As per order No - 40-3/2020/D dated 24 March 2020, below is the list of business/service shall be exempted & remain closed along with penalty provision:- (supporting is attached herewith)

Open

1. Banks, insurance offices, and ATMs
2. Essential services like sanitation, water supply, power
3. Hospitals and all related medical establishments, including manufacturing and distribution units, both in public and private sector, such as dispensaries, chemists, labs, clinics, nursing homes, ambulance
4. Transport for all medical personnel, nurses, paramedical staff, other hospital support
5. Shops, including ration shops (under PDS), dealing with food, groceries, fruits and vegetables, dairy and milk booths, meat and fish, animal fodder
6. Home delivery of food, medicines, medical equipment
7. Print and electronic media, telecommunications, internet services, broadcasting and cable services and IT-enabled services (for essential services)
8. Petrol pumps, LPG, petroleum and gas retail, storage outlets
9. Power generation, transmission and distribution units and services
10. Capital and debt market services as notified by SEBI
11. Cold storage and warehousing services
12. Private security services
13. Manufacturing units of essential commodities.
14. Production units, which require continuous process, after obtaining required permission from state government
15. Transport of essential goods, fire, law and order and emergency services
16. Hotels, homestays, lodges and motels accommodating tourists and those stranded due to lockdown, medical and emergency staff, air and sea crew, establishments used for quarantine.
17. In funerals, not more than 20 persons will be permitted.
18. Defence, central armed police forces, treasury
19. Public utilities like petroleum, CNG, LPG, PNG
20. Disaster management, post offices, police, home guards, fire and emergency services, prisons.

Penalties:

All persons who have arrived in India after February 15 and all directed quarantine will stay home or face action that could mean up to six months in jail

• Punishment for obstruction of duty: One to two years in jail or fine
• Punishment for false claim: Up to two years in jail and fine
• Punishment for false alarm: Up to one year in jail or with fine

Closed

1. All transport, flights, trains, roadways
2. All government offices with exceptions
3. Commercial and private establishments
4. Industrial establishments
5. Hospitality establishments
6. Educational institutions
7. All places of worship, religious congregations
8. All social, political, sports, entertainment, academic, cultural, religious functions