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[COVID-19]: Is Government Preparing Us For A Three Month Lockdown?

Lawstreet Journal 29 Mar 2020 11:33pm

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Because of the raging pandemic of coronavirus, a total of 21 days lockdown has been implemented and put forth in action in India. The citizens are troubled with the thought whether this lockdown will go beyond 21 days or not. The Prime Minister had addressed the Nation on 24th March, 2020 and implemented the 21 days lockdown to come in action from 25th March, 2020. The lockdown should end by 14th April, but the preparation central government is doing speculates that the lockdown can go beyond 21 days and can continue for a period of 3 months. 

The corona virus spread continues all over the country. And the number of cases is rising each day. The public is facing difficulties while storing the essentials due to the large demand of supplies not being available. Another problem is that of workers leaving their homes on foot because the lockdown has put them off their daily earnings and there is shortage of transport services. 

Government announces three month specific relief packages: 

The Finance Minister on 27th March, 2020 announced a relief package of Rs. 1.70 lakh crore. Nirmala Sitharaman made announcements relating to providing free gas cylinders, providing financial assistance to farmers, further to which talks of employment provident fund was also stipulated for the employees. 

It is pertinent to note here that all this has been prepared keeping in mind for a longer lockdown. The Central Government has not confirmed this data yet. But the approach offering relief has relaxed the requirements under various statutes and… Continue Reading...


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