The Statesman: [2] In a new set of exemptions released on Tuesday, Indian Govt said it has allowed additional agricultural and forestry items and opening of shops for school and college books and electric fans during the Coronavirus lockdown, which ends on May 3.
[3] Further, the MHA has also issued SOPs on sign-on/sign-off for Indian seafarers at Indian ports and their movement for the same.[4] In the revised consolidated guidelines issued on Apr 19, the Govt said, to mitigate hardship to the public, select additional activities will be allowed with effect from Apr 20. However, these do not apply to containment zones as demarcated by States/UTs/Distarict administartions. [5] Facilities for export or import such as pack houses, inspection and treatment facilities for seeds and horticulture produce and research establishments dealing with the agriculture and horticulture activities have been exempted.
from the purview of the lockdown in the recent update.
Inter and intra-state movement of planting materials and honey bee colonies, honey and other beehive products will also be allowed to function, said a home ministry order. So will forest offices, forestry plantation and related activities, including Silviculture operations.
Shops of educational books for students and electric fans will be allowed to be opened for public.