Coronavirus Updates: The Council of Ministers, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and together with Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh and Nirmala Sitharaman, will resume work at their ministries from 13 April, a day earlier than the top of the lockdown to include the unfold of the novel coronavirus, sources mentioned on Saturday night.
Senior officers entitled to official transports, i.e., from the rank of Joint Secretary and above, will report in as standard, sources mentioned, including {that a} third of all-important employees needed to be current. Junior officers will proceed to work on a rotation foundation. Every ministry has additionally been informed to plan for post-lockdown and provide you with concepts to kick-start the economic system.
Red, Orange and Green – the colour code for traffic lights will now be used on the country’s map to COVID-19 and virus-free zones, and therefore people’s movement.
After a meeting with at least 13 Chief Ministers on Saturday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had indicated that the lockdown will be extended – but there will be relaxations in certain areas and cases to ensure the survival of the economy as well. This is where the colour coding comes in(Red, Orange and Green).
Some of the participating Chief Ministers, including the Chief Minister of Puducherry, told the media after the meeting. The coronavirus and the subsequent lockdown has pushed the government to take the ordinance route to formulate three of the four labour codes it is planning. The codes have already been introduced in parliament. One of them – the code on wages, which clubs together the laws relating to minimum wages, bonus, equal remuneration and a few others – has already been passed. An Ordinance or executive order will bring the other three into effect.
Meanwhile, the total number of coronavirus cases in India rose to 9152, after 796 new infections were reported in the past 24 hours, it showed the latest data from the Health Ministry. With 1,985 cases, Maharashtra remains the worst affected state in the country. Delhi (1154), Tamil Nadu (1075), Rajasthan (772), Madhya Pradesh (564), Gujarat (516) and Telangana (504) and are among the other worst-affected states.
