RESPONSE TO C VID -19

POLICY RESPONSE OF THE

UNION & STATE GOVERNMENTS AS ON 17 APRIL 2020

APRAJITA VERMA | GANESH MARUVADA | RAJEEV AGUR

FACULTY MENTOR: ASEEM PRAKASH

SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY AND GOVERNANCE

TATA INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES HYDERABAD

RESPONSE TO

C VID -19

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About the Series:

The School of Public Policy & Governance, TISS Hyderabad, is

collaborating and supporting the initiative undertaken by its alumnus to

document the response of Union and State Governments to address the

Health, Livelihood and other Welfare concerns posed by COVID-19. This

initiative documents the response from the Union and State Governments,

Reserve Bank of India, Civil Society, and Business Houses/Leaders.

Note: As we understand, this documentation is a dynamic exercise and will

require constant upgradation. We will attempt to add the new initiatives

regularly and disseminate it widely. All views expressed in this document

are personal and has no relation to any affiliated institution.

Sources: All the information has been taken from official GOs, press

conferences of Union Ministers, Chief Ministers, and senior officials and

tweets from official handles. The authors have taken due diligence to ensure

the accuracy of the information presented in this document. Any

inadvertent omissions/lapses are deeply regretted. Please inform of any

such omissions at [email protected]. Immediate measures will be

taken to correct the information.

In the third volume of the series, an attempt has been made to update

all the initiatives and announcements made by the State and the Union

Government since the outbreak of COVID-19 till 17th April 2020. The

policy response has been classified under - a) Preventive measures, b)

Medical and Health measures, c) Meeting the Welfare Needs of Diverse

Social Groups, d) Measures taken by RBI.

About the Authors:

Aprajita Verma, alumnus of the batch 2017-19, is currently a Senior Research Associate at Factly Media

and Research. LinkedIn

Ganesh Maruvada, alumnus of the batch 2014-16, is currently a Political Analyst at PoliticalEDGE LinkedIn

Rajeev Agur, alumnus of the batch 2014-16, is currently Assistant Manager – Government Relations at

Bounce. LinkedIn

Faculty Mentor:

Aseem Prakash, Professor & Chairperson, School of Public Policy and Governance, Tata Institute of Social

Sciences, Hyderabad.

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http://www.linkedin.com/in/rajeevagur

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CONTENTS

POLICY UPDATES FROM 6th APRIL to 17th APRIL 2020 04

▪ State wise Status 05

▪ Summary Table 06

▪ Union Government 07

▪ Reserve Bank of India 10

▪ State Governments & Union Territories 14

POLICY UPDATES FROM 1st APRIL to 5th APRIL 2020 21






POLICY UPDATES UNTIL 31st MARCH 2020 35






▪ Unique Measures by State Governments & UTs 53

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POLICY UPDATES – 6th APRIL - 17th APRIL 2020

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Name of State / UT Total Confirmed cases

Cured/Discharged/Migrated

Death

Andaman and Nicobar Islands

11 10 0

Andhra Pradesh 534 20 14

Arunachal Pradesh 1 0 0

Assam 35 5 1

Bihar 80 37 1

Chandigarh 21 9 0

Chhattisgarh 33 23 0

Delhi 1640 51 38

Goa 7 6 0

Gujarat 930 73 36

Haryana 205 43 3

Himachal Pradesh 35 16 1

Jammu and Kashmir 314 38 4

Jharkhand 28 0 2

Karnataka 315 82 13

Kerala 395 245 3

Ladakh 18 14 0

Madhya Pradesh 1120 64 53

Maharashtra 3205 300 194

Manipur 2 1 0

Meghalaya 7 0 1

Mizoram 1 0 0

Nagaland# 0 0 0

Odisha 60 19 1

Puducherry 7 1 0

Punjab 186 27 13

Rajasthan 1131 164 3

Tamil Nadu 1267 180 15

Telengana 700 186 18

Tripura 2 1 0

Uttarakhand 37 9 0

Uttar Pradesh 805 74 13

West Bengal 255 51 10

Total number of confirmed cases in India

13387 1749 437

COVID-19 STATEWISE STATUS

Source: https://www.mohfw.gov.in/ accessed on 17th April, 3:46 PM

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TOTAL NUMBER OF GOVERNMENT ORDERS (UNION AND STATE GOVERNMENTS)

The following table numerically elaborates number of government orders issued in order to address the issues arising

due to COVID-19 Pandemic.

The column Citizen indicates welfare-centric advisories and orders pertaining to preventive measures, emergency

relief and assistance, and other communications. The column Government indicates advisories and orders meant for

government offices/establishments for governance of health emergency.

Union/State Citizen Government Total

Union/State Citizen Government Total

Union Government 168 118 286

Lakshadweep 2 1 3

Andaman and

Nicobar Islands

15 36 51





Manipur 16 4 20

Assam 20 2 22

Meghalaya 64 25 89

Bihar 35 36 71

Mizoram 98 19 117

Chandigarh 16 32 48

Nagaland 79 25 104

Chhattisgarh 22 19 41

Odisha 48 58 106

Dadra and Nagar

Haveli and Daman

and Diu

2 0 2

Puducherry 4 3 7

Delhi 24 23 47

Punjab 53 18 71

Goa 77 14 91

Rajasthan 75 23 98

Gujarat 32 18 50

Sikkim 36 9 45

Haryana 54 22 76

Tamil Nadu 46 21 67


Telangana 24 16 40


Tripura 6 2 8

Jharkhand 12 9 21


Karnataka 53 51 104

Uttarakhand 46 8 54

Kerala 84 61 145

West Bengal 36 55 91

Ladakh 1 1 2

Total GOs issued by Union Government: 286

Total GOs collectively issued by all the States and UTs: 2396

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UNION

GOVERNMENT

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1. Welfare Measures:

o To issue all the pending income-tax refunds up to ₹5 lakhs immediately.

o To issue all pending GST and Custom refunds which would provide benefit to

around 1 lakh business entities, including MSME. The total refund granted will

be approximately ₹18,000 crores.

o To ensure uninterrupted supply of food grains to NGOs and Charitable

Organizations, Government has directed FCI to provide Wheat and Rice to

such organizations at the Open Market Sale Scheme (OMSS) rates without

going through the e-auction process.

o During the six month period from March 24, 2020, to 23 September 2020 if

any worker or officer of the Food Corporation of India dies due to COVID-19

infection while on duty with FCI, the Regular FCI Labour will get an Ex-gratia

of ₹15 lakh, Contractual Labour will be entitled to ₹lakh, Category-1 Officers

₹35 lakh, Category-2 – ₹30 lakh and Category -3 & -4 workers – ₹25 lakh.

2. Health and Medical

o To tackle the training need of healthcare workers, MoHRD launched iGOT app

o In respect of term loans, insurers are permitted to grant a moratorium of three

months towards payment of instalments falling due between 1st March 2020

and 31st May 2020.

o The repayment schedule for such loans and the residual tenor will be shifted

across the board by three months after the moratorium period.

o Interest shall continue to accrue on the outstanding portion of the term loans

during such moratorium period.

o Approved the India COVlD-19 Emergency Response and Health system

preparedness package. This package is fully (100%) Centrally funded.

o Till September 2020, an exemption has been granted on basic customs duty and

health cess on import of ventilators, masks, PPEs, test kits, and inputs used to

manufacture these.

o Partial withdrawals shall be permitted to fulfil financial needs of the

subscribers, if required to him/her against the request placed for partial

withdrawals towards the treatment of illness of subscriber, his legally wedded

spouse, children, including a legally adopted child or dependent parents as

mentioned in regulation 8(1)(A)(d) of the said regulations.

o Government of India, respective State, Union Territories and respective police

authorities are directed to provide the necessary Police security to the Doctors

and medical staff in Hospitals and in places where the patients who have been

diagnosed, COVID-19 or patients suspected of COVID-19 or those quarantined

are housed.

o Necessary Police security is also extended to Doctors and other medical staff

who visit places to conduct screening of people to find out symptoms of the

disease.

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3. Mental Health

o GoI has released an advisory regarding the social stigma associated with

COVID-19

4. Preventive Measures

o Public Health Engineering Departments/ Boards/ Nigams of the State

Governments need to accord top priority for taking measures to augment

supply in areas where the water supply may be deficient as of now and special

care may be given to vulnerable sections of the society like people residing in

relief camps, places of quarantine, hospitals, old age homes, poor strata of

society, slums, etc.

o It will be appropriate to integrate the identified needs of potable water in the

micro-plans of the districts being formulated to combat the spread of COVID-

19 disease.

o Wherever chemical treatment for enhancing the safety of potable water is

required, appropriate purifying chemicals like Chlorine tablets, bleaching

powder, Sodium hypochlorite solution, Alum, etc. as may be needed, should

be used.

o It is possible that demand during this period may go up and if people have to

fetch water from the public stand post, supply hours may be required to be

increased to ensure social distancing.

o Further, the existing grievance redressal mechanism may be strengthened so

that any interruption in the water supply can be immediately brought to the

notice of all the concerned and timely action can be ensured to reinstate the

supply.

o Guidance on: Enabling Delivery of Essential Health Services during the

COVID 19 Outbreak.

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RESERVE BANK

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To provide greater flexibility to the State Governments to tide over their cash flow mismatches,

RBI has decided to

a) increase the number of days for which a State/ UT can be in overdraft continuously to 21

working days from the current stipulation of 14 working days.

b) the number of days for which a State/ UT can be in overdraft in a quarter has been

increased to 50 working days from the current stipulation of 36 working days. All other

stipulations remain unchanged.

This arrangement will come into force with immediate effect and will remain valid until

September 30, 2020.

Additional Measures

RBI is taking further measures to (i) maintain adequate liquidity in the system and its

constituents in the face of COVID-19 related dislocations; (ii) facilitate and incentivise bank

credit flows; (iii) ease financial stress; and (iv) enable the normal functioning of markets.

Liquidity Management

Targeted Long-Term Operations (TLTRO) 2.0

It has been decided to conduct targeted long-term repo operations (TLTRO 2.0) for an aggregate

amount of ₹50,000 crores, to begin with, in tranches of appropriate sizes. The funds availed by

banks under TLTRO 2.0 should be invested in investment-grade bonds, commercial paper, and

non-convertible debentures of NBFCs, with at least 50 per cent of the total amount availed going

to small and mid-sized NBFCs and MFIs.

Refinancing Facilities for All India Financial Institutions (AIFIs)

It has been decided to provide special refinance facilities for a total amount of ₹50,000 crores to

NABARD, SIDBI and NHB to enable them to meet sectoral credit needs. This will comprise

₹25,000 crores to NABARD for refinancing regional rural banks (RRBs), cooperative banks and

microfinance institutions (MFIs); ₹15,000 crores to SIDBI for on-lending/refinancing; and ₹

10,000 crores to NHB for supporting housing finance companies (HFCs). Advances under this

facility will be charged at the RBI’s policy repo rate at the time of availing.

Liquidity Adjustment Facility: Fixed Rate Reverse Repo Rate

In order to encourage banks to deploy the surplus funds (On April 15, the amount absorbed under

reverse repo operations was ₹6.9 lakh crore) in investments and loans in productive sectors of the

economy, it has been decided to reduce the fixed-rate reverse repo rate under the liquidity

adjustment facility (LAF) by 25 basis points from 4.0 per cent to 3.75 per cent with immediate

effect.

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Ways and Means Advances for States

On April 1, 2020 the RBI had announced an increase in the ways and means advances (WMA)

limit of states by 30 per cent. It has now been decided to increase the WMA limit of states by 60

per cent over and above the level as on March 31, 2020, to provide greater comfort to the states

for undertaking COVID-19 containment and mitigation efforts, and to plan their market borrowing

programmes better. The increased limit will be available till September 30, 2020.

Regulatory Measures:

Asset Classification

The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) has taken cognizance of the financial and

economic impact of COVID-19 and very recently announced that “the payment moratorium

periods (Public or granted by banks on a voluntary basis) relating to the COVID-19 outbreak can

be excluded by banks from the number of days past due” in respect of NPA recognition.

It has been decided that in respect of all accounts for which lending institutions decide to grant

moratorium or deferment, and which were standard as on March 1, 2020, the 90-day NPA norm

shall exclude the moratorium period, i.e., there would an asset classification standstill for all such

accounts from March 1, 2020 to May 31, 2020. NBFCs, which are required to comply with Indian

Accounting Standards (IndAS), may be guided by the guidelines duly approved by their boards

and as per advisories of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) in recognition of

impairments. In other words, NBFCs have flexibility under the prescribed accounting standards to

consider such relief to their borrowers.

With the objective of ensuring that banks maintain sufficient buffers and remain adequately

provisioned to meet future challenges, they will have to maintain the higher provision of 10 per

cent on all such accounts under the standstill, spread over two quarters, i.e., March 2020 and June

2020. These provisions can be adjusted later on against the provisioning requirements for actual

slippages in such accounts.

Extension of Resolution Timeline

Recognizing the challenges to the resolution of stressed assets in the current volatile environment,

it has been decided that the period for resolution plan shall be extended by 90 days.

Distribution of Dividend

It has been decided that in view of the COVID-19-related economic shock, scheduled commercial

banks and cooperative banks shall not make any further dividend payouts from profits pertaining

to the financial year ended March 31, 2020, until further instructions. This restriction shall be

reviewed on the basis of the financial position of banks for the quarter ending September 30, 2020.

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Liquidity Coverage Ratio

In order to ease the liquidity position at the level of individual institutions, the LCR requirement

for Scheduled Commercial Banks is being brought down from 100 per cent to 80 per cent with

immediate effect. The requirement shall be gradually restored back in two phases – 90 per cent by

October 1, 2020, and 100 per cent by April 1, 2021.

NBFC Loans to Commercial Real Estate Projects

In terms of the extant guidelines for banks, the date for commencement for commercial operations

(DCCO) in respect of loans to commercial real estate projects delayed for reasons beyond the

control of promoters can be extended by an additional one year, over and above the one-year

extension permitted in the normal course, without treating the same as restructuring. It has now

been decided to extend similar treatment to loans given by NBFCs to commercial real estate. This

will provide relief to NBFCs as well as the real estate sector.

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STATES &

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Welfare Measures

(food security, migrant/unorganised/low income families/farmers/ senior citizens)

State/UT Type of Intervention

Andhra

Pradesh

o Recruited nearly 1.50 lakh village secretariats and volunteers to strengthen

village administration and grass root delivery of essential commodities to all

the households.

Assam

o Launched a helpline for patients of cancer, heart surgery, and kidney

transplant stuck outside Assam. Government to provide financial assistance

to such patients after due verification.

o Helpline launched to provide financial assistance for people stranded outside

Assam, in other parts of India.

Bihar

o Electricity traffic cut by 10 paise per unit across all slabs and monthly metre

fee is waived.

o ₹50 Cr allocated to help Biharis stuck in other states.

o Wheat to be procured through PACS from April 15.

o Public works under various schemes to resume soon.

Chhattisgarh o Portability of PDS enabled and people can avail ration anywhere across the

state (including people from other states).

Delhi o Families of the healthcare professionals who die while treating COVID-19

patients will get Rs 1 Crore Ex-gratia.

Goa

o Registered labourers given assistance of Rs. 6000 each and other labourers

given Rs. 4000 each.

o Food bus providing cooked food and essential groceries for the needy in

various parts of the state.

o Goa State Food Helpline for homeless and needy operational between 7am to

11pm.

o Temporary 2-hour e-pass facility for easing movement of senior citizens,

women, differently abled and others for essential, medical emergency and

going to ATMs.

Haryana

o Doubling the salary of doctors, nurses, paramedical and all other staff

working in COVID-19 hospitals

o Set up a 24x7 toll-free helpline facility for procurement during rabi season for

the year 2020

Jammu &

Kashmir

o Teleclasses and study material are made available for students online, and

being telecasted at DD Kashmir, Radio FM, Radio Mirchi, & local channels.

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Jharkhand

o Postal services to be utilized to deliver services at the doorstep.

o An app has been launched to provide financial aid to migrant workers.

o After May 3rd, to facilitate return of migrant workers, necessary measures to

be taken.

Karnataka o Property tax rebate till May announced.

Kerala o Funds released to provide food for animals including elephants.

o Financial assistance will be given to artists.

Maharashtra o Shivbhojan at ₹5 till June and subsidized ration is extended to orange ration

card holders

Mizoram o Education department to conduct home-schooling via TV channels.

Punjab

o Directs all schools to release full salaries to staff.

o Set up a mandi board control room to coordinate harvesting & procurement

season in the state.

Rajasthan

o Project SMILE launched to connect teachers & students online during

lockdown.

o Announced distribution of Rs.16000 crore of interest free crop loan to be in

FY 2020-21.

o Issued an order directing wholesalers to disclose godowns, warehouses and

inventory of goods.

o Door-to-door distribution of ration to select rural beneficiaries of Food

Security Scheme.

o Instructions to issue medicines under CM Free Medicine Scheme to senior

citizens and patients with chronic diseases.

o Ration to be provided to families displaced from Pakistan & living in

Rajasthan.

o NFSA beneficiaries will get free wheat twice a month in April and May.

o E-bazaar app launched by Government for grocery ordering in Jaipur.

o Announced that Postal Department resources will be used to deliver essential

goods from door to door.

o To provide 5 kg of free hybrid corn seeds to 5 lakh farmers in ST Areas. To

provide 1.5 kg of free hybrid Bajra seeds/farmer, to 10 lakh small & marginal

farmers (up to 0.4 Ha area) in main Bajra producing districts.

o Free tractor & farming equipment - in tie-up with farming equipment

manufacturers - on rent to economically weak small & marginal farmers.

o ‘Har Ghar Ek Roti’ scheme to collect food for destitute animals.

o Photography during distribution of food among needy banned.

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Sikkim

o Asha workers to get ₹5000 as honorarium

o Food and civil supplies department to compile a list of left out beneficiaries

and distribute packages.

o ₹30,000 will be provided to patients who are stranded across the country.

o Additional incentive of ₹300 per day for Temi Tea Estate workers.

Uttar

Pradesh

o Postmen to aid the administration in strengthening the system of home

delivery of goods.

Medical and Health

Name of the


Andhra

Pradesh

o Launched Made in Andhra Pradesh COVID-19 rapid test kits, manufactured

AP Med Tech Zone. These kits provide results within 55 mins of testing.

o Adopted “Covid Alerting Tracking System” to keep track of over 25,000

individuals advised to self-quarantine. The app is developed by the State

Disaster Management Authority, who has also collected the database

associated with the mobile numbers of the people advised to stay under

quarantine.

Bihar o Door to door campaigns to screen prospective patients with in a radius of 3

KM of existing patient.

Assam

o Extended the special health insurance coverage of 50 lakhs for those fighting

COVID19 at frontline to government and PSU employees, as well as

employees of private hospitals who have signed MoU with Assam

government.

Goa

o Rs. 50 insurance cover and 20% rise in salaries for all government staff

working closely with COVID facilities.

o To set up walk-in sample collection kiosks, as per ICMR guidelines, in order

to increase the scope of testing more citizens.

Himachal

Pradesh

o Notification of certain hospitals as secondary level dedicated isolation facility

for confirmed COVID-19 cases.

Kerala o Regular immunization programs to restart

o Funds to health department released to fight COVID-19

Maharashtra o Taskforce to recommend patients in designated hotspots.

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Punjab

o Guidelines on disposal of unclaimed dead bodies of COVID-19 patients.

o Clinical Establishment (Registration and Regulation) Ordinance 2020, to

bring the state's private hospitals under the umbrella of the COVID-19 battle.

o Fixed rates for ambulances to be requisitioned from the private sector.

o Launched COVA Punjab app to inform people about the nearest COVID19

patient and containment zone.

Rajasthan o Announced Rs. 50 lakh aid to all categories of employees who lose their life

to COVID19 while on duty.

Tamil Nadu o Launch of IVRS Helpline for guidance, detection, assistance on COVID19.

Uttar

Pradesh

o Sample collection centres to be set up in all affected districts; target of 25

samples per day per district and 1 ventilator per 5 beds.

o To keep migrants in quarantine, shelter homes may be set up in schools,

community centres, etc.; thermal scanning of residents to be done regularly.

West Bengal

o Dedicated Data Analysis Cell to collect real time data on COVID-19.

o Introduces Global Advisory Board (GAB) headed by Nobel laureate Abhijit

Banerjee to formulate response policy with the state govt.

Preventive Measures

Name of the


Andhra

Pradesh

o Passed an order prohibiting the use and spitting of chewing smokeless

tobacco products in public places.

o Planning to conduct a two-day door-to-door survey starting to identify the

persons who had recently been to novel coronavirus.

o To distribute 16 crore face masks free of cost as a preventive measure.

Bihar o Spitting and chewing or tobacco prohibited in public places.

Delhi o All people in Delhi should wear masks compulsorily in public places.

Goa

o Directorate of Health Services, Government of Goa will be conducting a

three-day state-wide community door-to-door survey from 13th April 202.

Survey shall be targeted to inquire about the health conditions of the

residents, their travel history including that of the neighbour’s.

o People coming outside their homes must mandatorily cover their face with

mask, face cover, or any such cloth.

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Karnataka o Expert committee submitted a report on the exit strategy for lockdown.

Kerala o Anyone visiting public places must wear a mask mandatorily.

Maharashtra o Anyone visiting public places must wear a mask mandatorily.

o Expert committee submitted a report on the exit strategy for lockdown.

Meghalaya

o Guidelines to ensure participation of Headmen/Rangbah Shnong of various

ethnic groups in the fight against COVID19. They are to cooperate with the

administration in maintaining social distancing, provision of food, and travel

histories of their localities/villages.

o Launch of official CMO YouTube page to disseminate COVID19

awareness.

Odisha o Lockdown extended till 30th of April

Punjab

o Gram Panchayats empowered to spend Rs. 50,000 per month and Sarpanchs

authorized to issue a curfew pass in case of any emergency.

o Punjab police deploys drones to intensify surveillance against curfew

violators.

Rajasthan

o Public spitting made a punishable offence under Sec (2) of the Rajasthan

Epidemic Diseases Act, 1957.

o Special AIR bulletins in Rajasthani language during lockdown.

o WhatsApp helpline to report hoarding, overpricing, black marketing etc.

o Spitting is banned in public places.

Sikkim o All porous borders across rivers are secured using wire fence to prevent cross

border migration

Telangana

o Anyone visiting public places must wear a mask mandatorily.

o Lockdown extended till 30th of April

o Police use drones for surveillance.

Uttarakhand o Health advisory to citizens to not consume tobacco to prevent spread of

COVID-19

Sikkim o Section 144 introduced.

Uttar

Pradesh

o People coming outside their homes must mandatorily cover their face with


o Sugar mills to aid the administration in sanitising nearby areas wherever they

are located.

West Bengal o People coming outside their homes have to mandatorily cover their face with


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Mental Health

Name of the


Assam

o Assam Police in association with Dept. of Psychiatry & Clinical

Psychologists Social Workers have launched tele-counselling helpline for

those in need of mental health care and support.

Goa

o Goa State AIDS Control Society (GSACS) counsellors to counsel

quarantined patients in isolation facilities or homes. This service will be

extended using mobile phones & links for online appointments.

Uttar

Pradesh

o Counselling facilities to be arranged for senior citizens, women, and mentally

ill patients.

Common Measures: ▪ Arunachal Pradesh joined other states and announced 30% pay cut for all MLAs,

Ministers and the CM for a year.

▪ Disinfection tunnels are set up at public places like grocery markets through which

disinfectant is sprayed on the passers-by to prevent spread of Corona virus.

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Name of State / UT Total

Confirmed

cases

Cured/Discharged/

Migrated

Deaths


Andaman and Nicobar

Islands

10 0 0


Assam 26 0 0

Bihar 30 0 1

Chandigarh 18 0 0

Chhattisgarh 9 3 0

Delhi 503 18 7

Goa 7 0 0

Gujarat 122 18 11

Haryana 84 25 1



Jharkhand 3 0 0

Karnataka 151 12 4

Kerala 314 55 2

Ladakh 14 10 0



Manipur 2 0 0

Mizoram 1 0 0

Odisha 21 2 0

Puducherry 5 1 0

Punjab 68 4 6

Rajasthan 253 21 0

Tamil Nadu 571 8 5

Telangana 321 34 7

Uttarakhand 26 4 0


West Bengal 80 10 3

Total number of

confirmed cases in

India

4067* 292 109


Source: https://www.mohfw.gov.in/ accessed on 6th April, 2:46 PM

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The following table numerically elaborates number of government orders issued in order to address the issues arising

due to COVID-19 Pandemic.

The column Citizen indicates welfare-centric advisories and orders pertaining to preventive measures, emergency

relief and assistance, and other communications. The column Government indicates advisories and orders meant for

government offices/establishments for governance of health emergency.

Union/State Citizen Government Total Union/State Citizen Government Total

Union Government 133 88 221 Lakshadweep 2 1 3

Andaman and

Nicobar Islands 15 36 51 Madhya Pradesh 13 22 35

Andhra Pradesh 39 41 80 Maharashtra 15 9 24

Arunachal Pradesh 18 5 23 Manipur 14 3 17

Assam 8 0 8 Meghalaya 60 19 79

Bihar 27 32 59 Mizoram 71 19 90

Chandigarh 11 27 38 Nagaland 56 21 77

Chhattisgarh 15 12 27 Odisha 37 54 91

Dadra and Nagar

Haveli and Daman

and Diu 2 0 2

Puducherry 2 1 3

Delhi 19 22 41 Punjab 24 13 37

Goa 24 2 26 Rajasthan 30 15 45

Gujarat 18 7 25 Sikkim 28 7 35

Haryana 42 16 58 Tamil Nadu 36 13 49

Himachal Pradesh 46 46 92 Telangana 14 10 24

Jammu and Kashmir 2 11 13 Tripura 2 1 3

Jharkhand 6 9 15 Uttar Pradesh 13 11 23

Karnataka 33 23 56 Uttarakhand 35 7 42

Kerala 44 33 77 West Bengal 28 46 74

Ladakh 1 1 2



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UNION

GOVERNMENT

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▪ 01.04.2020

o CBSE in consultation with NCERT issued an order that for classes 1 to 8: All

students studying in classes 1 to 8 are promoted to the next class/grade.

o There are several schools that have not been able to conduct exams for classes

9 and 11. All such schools have been advised to promote students of grades 9

and 11 to the next grades on the basis of all the school-based assessments

including project work, periodic tests, term exams, etc. conducted so far.

o For any child who is unable to clear this internal process, (in any number of

subjects), the school may utilise this period for providing remedial

interventions, and school may give the opportunity of appearing in school-

based test/s, online or offline. The promotion of such children may be decided

on the basis of such tests.

o For classes 10&12: The Board will conduct examinations for only main

subjects that will be required for promotion and may be crucial for admissions

in higher educational institutions. For the rest of the subjects, the Board will

not hold examinations.

o For located outside India, CBSE has decided not to hold any more exams for

the students of class 10 and 12 schools.

▪ 02.04.2020

o MHA releases compilation State-UT Helpline COVID-19.

o Following up on the Honourable Supreme Court’s observations, Union Home

Ministry has written to all States/UTs to take effective measures to fight Fake

News.

o The Government of India has created a web-portal for people to verify facts

and unverified news promptly. States/UTs have been requested to create a

similar mechanism at their level for issues relating to them.

▪ 03.04.2020

o Home Ministry approves release of ₹11,092 Cr under State Disaster Risk

Management Fund to all states.

2. Medical and Health

▪ 31.03.2020

o All the medical devices used to treat humans and animals are declared to be

drugs.

o MoHFW issued an advisory to citizens titled “how to mind our minds during the COVID-19” which included aspects like understanding importance of

lockdown, handling social isolation, focus on facts, reject rumours and theories,

handling emotional problems, emotional issues after recovery and recognise

mental health problems in your near and dear ones.

o A health service provider toolkit has been developed and provided to

designated hospitals and general health facilities aimed to assist the healthcare

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staff in preventing the potential spread of the virus within the healthcare

facilities.

▪ 01.04.2020

o A trained counsellor and/or community group leader belonging to all faiths will

have to visit the relief camps/shelter homes and deal with any consternation

that the migrants might be going through. This shall be done in all the relief

camps/shelter homes wherever migrants are in the country.

o The anxiety and fear of the migrants should be understood by the police and

other authorities and they should deal with the migrants in a humane manner.

▪ 02.04.2020

o Launched new features of National Agriculture Market (e-NAM) Platform to

strengthen agriculture marketing by farmers which will reduce their need to

physically come to wholesale mandis for selling their harvested produce, at a

time when there is a critical need to decongest mandis to effectively fight

against COVID-19.

o An enhanced version of logistic module has been released whereby aggregators

of transport logistic platforms have on boarded which helps users to avail

tractable transport facilities for transporting their produce.

o MoHFW provides guidance to the state on the human resource that can be

mobilized for COVID-19 management along with possible role assignments

and their training (online) requirements.

o Released the National Preparedness Survey on COVID 19 – Responses of

District Collectors and IAS Officers (2014- 2018 batches) belonging to 410

districts of the country.

▪ 03.04.2020

o Ministry of AYUSH releases Ayurveda’s immunity boosting measures for self-

care during COVID 19 crisis.

3. Food Security

▪ 03.04.2020

o Centre asks states to decide what groceries they want to exempt from

lockdown.

4. Unorganised Sector/ Migrant Labour/ Low Income Families / Farmers/ Senior

Citizens

▪ 02.04.2020

o Disbursal of money under PMGKY for women in PMJDY accounts.

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5. Mental Health - Civic Solidarity

▪ 05.04.2020

o All the citizens of India to switch off lights on 5th April 2020 and light a lamp,

torch or mobile phone light in their balconies, verandas and doors for 9 minutes

at 9:00 PM

6. Special Announcements

▪ All MP LAD funds for the next two years are allocated to COVID-19 relief.

▪ Prime Ministers, Union Ministers and MPs to take 30% pay-cuts for the next one

year.

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▪ April 1

o Extension of realisation period of export proceeds: In view of the disruption caused

by the COVID-19 pandemic, the time period for realization and repatriation of export

proceeds for exports made up to or on July 31, 2020, has been extended to 15 months

(used to be 9 months) from the date of export. The measure will enable the exporters to

realise their receipts, especially from COVID-19 affected countries within the extended

period and also provide greater flexibility to the exporters to negotiate future export

contracts with buyers abroad.

o Review of Limits of Way and Means Advances of States/UTs: Reserve Bank had

constituted an Advisory Committee under the chairmanship of Shri Sudhir Shrivastava

to review the Ways and Means limits for State Governments and Union Territories

(UTs). Pending submission of the final recommendations by the Committee, it has been

decided to increase WMA limit by 30 per cent from the existing limit for all States/UTs

to enable the State Governments to tide over the situation arising from the outbreak of

the COVID-19 pandemic. The revised limits will come into force with effect from April

1, 2020, and will be valid till September 30, 2020.

o Implementation of countercyclical capital buffer: The framework on the

countercyclical capital buffer (CCyB) was put in place by the Reserve Bank in terms of

guidelines issued on February 5, 2015, wherein it was advised that the CCyB would be

activated as and when the circumstances warranted and that the decision would normally

be preannounced. The framework envisages the credit-to-GDP gap as the main

indicator, which is used in conjunction with other supplementary indicators. Based on

the review and empirical analysis of CCyB indicators, it has been decided that it is not

necessary to activate CCyB for a period of one year or earlier, as may be necessary.

▪ April 3

o In the wake of outbreak of the novel corona virus (COVID-19) pandemic, it has been

decided in consultation with the Government of India, to permit receipt of foreign

inward remittances from non-residents through non-resident exchange houses in favour

of the ‘Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations (PM-

CARES) Fund’, subject to the condition that AD Cat-I banks shall directly credit the

remittances to the Fund and maintain the full details of the remitters.


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Welfare Measures


Name of the


Arunachal

Pradesh

o Workers registered with Arunachal Pradesh Buildings and Workers Welfare

Board to get ₹2000 per person per month for April 2020 and May 2020.

Assam o To provide mid day meals to 40 lakh students in Guwahati at home during the

lockdown.

Bihar

o No cut in salaries or pensions of government employees.

o Sellers and distributors of farm equipments are allowed to operate during

lockdown.

o Agricultural activities related to wheat harvest during lockdown to continue.

o Procurement period for paddy extended till 30th April.

o Setup and operate 10 centres in Delhi for daily wage workers from the

domicile, to provide food.

o People from the domicile stuck in other states to get ₹1000 from CMRF under

Mukhyamantri Vishesh Sahayata.

Chhattisgarh

o 25% of petroleum products are reserved for official use for the prevention of

COVID-19 spread.

o Rice to be provided to all migrant workers in the state.

o All labour, skilled/unskilled workers in the state will be given wages for the

month of March.

o Mineral production and transportation to continue and are exempted from

lockdown.

Goa

o Introduced online mock test & online classes in Maths & Science for Class X

students of govt and govt-aided schools.

o In pursuance of PM Gareeb Kalyan Yojna, all eligible ration card holders will

be given additional quota of 5 kg per person for a period of 3 months (April-

June) free of cost.

o Information on movement schedule of SBI mobile ATM van.

o Food Security Allowance (consisting of i. quantity of the food grains as per

entitlement of the child ii. cooking cost prevailing in the state) to every

eligible child to be provided by Direct Benefit Transfer mode to the

parent/guardian of the child till such time the schools are closed.

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Gujarat

o ₹25 lakh compensation in case sanitation and health workers, revenue and

food supplies staff, fair price shop owners died of the corona virus infection

while working in the frontline to combat the outbreak.

Jharkhand

o Call centre opened in Jharkhand Bhavan to help those who are stuck in

Delhi.

o Nodal officer appointed to handle public grievances.

Karnataka

o Aerospace and defence manufacturing units are exempted from lockdown.

o Exams for classes 7,8,9 are cancelled and students are promoted to next

year.

o SOP in case of the officers involved in COVID-19 test positive for COVID-

19.

Kerala o Toll-free helpline launched for migrant workers (guest workers).

o A dedicated COVID-19 twitter handle launched to connect with citizens.

Meghalaya

o Appointment of Nodal Officer for coordinating relief measures for the

migrant labour stranded in Meghalaya.

o Announced financial assistance to adult daily wage earners (who are not

entitled under NREGA & other categories).

Mizoram o 338 prisoners released on parole to reduce crowding in jails.

Odisha

o To engage the children and youth staying home during the lockdown,

UNICEF in collaboration with Government of Odisha is starting an online

competition 'Mo Prativa' while entries are being invited on 2 themes: 1)

Being at Home during the lockdown, 2) My responsibility as a young citizen

during COVID-19.

Punjab

o Government announced special health insurance cover of ₹50 lakhs each for

the police personnel and sanitation workers.

o To provide food grains of mid-day-meal to the students in sealed packets at

their homes.

Rajasthan

o Deferment of electricity bills (industry, commercial, agricultural) for 2

months.

o 3 months amnesty towards outstanding electricity dues for residential &

agricultural connections that were cancelled prior to March 31.

o To provide 5 kg of free hybrid corn seeds to 5 lakh farmers in Scheduled

Tribe (ST) Areas.

o To provide 1.5 kg of free hybrid Bajra seeds per farmer, to 10 lakh small &

marginal farmers (up to 0.4 Ha area) in main Bajra producing districts.

o Free tractor & farming equipment - in tie-up with farming equipment

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manufacturers - on rent to economically weak small & marginal farmers.

o 25% additional loans totalling ₹8000 crore to 20 lakh farmers towards

upcoming Kharif season.

o Deferment of water bills for 2 months for all consumer categories.

o Appointment of 2 senior officials as nodal officers to address concerns of

migrant labour in Rajasthan as well as of stranded Rajasthanis in other states.

Tamil Nadu o Providing essential commodities to transgenders who do not possess family

card.

Telangana o Bonus for Health, Sanitation, and Police departments in the range of 10% to

50%, ₹7500 for all GHMC & HMWSSB and ₹5000 for municipality workers.

West Bengal o Cable TV connections not to be disconnected for non-payment of

subscription fee for the next one month.

Medical and Health

Name of the

State Type of Intervention

Goa o Government of Goa in association with Clinikk Healthcare launched a

Teleconsultation service for medical queries.

Haryana

o The possibility of installing a TV in the relief camps should be considered

and it should further be ensured that social distancing in these camps is

maintained.

o Doctors, nurses, paramedics and other staff working in private hospitals

in the state shall also be extended the benefit of enhanced ex gratia

compensation available for those working in the government sector.

Kerala o Industrial clusters to be setup to mass produce medical equipment like

ventilators, masks etc.

Odisha

o Proposals to set up district COVID hospitals under PPP arrangement

have been made. All healthcare workers are given a four-month salary in

advance.

West Bengal

o Acquisition of private healthcare facilities for managing COVID-19 cases.

o Insurance Policy for police, healthcare workers and other personnel

working to contain COVID-19.

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Preventive Measures

Name of the


Bihar o Aadhar seeding to enable ₹1000 to ration card holders

Chhattisgarh

o 25% of petroleum products are reserved for official use for the prevention

of COVID-19 spread.

o Rice to be provided to all migrant workers in the state.

o All labour, skilled/unskilled workers in the state will be given wages for the

month of March.

o Mineral production and transportation to continue and are exempted from

lockdown.

Goa o Launched contact numbers for the public to report instances of hoarding,

overpricing, black marketing, etc.

Haryana o The date for repayment of crop loans by farmers has been extended from

April 15 to June 30, 2020.

Karnataka o Corona watch mobile application launched which has all spots visited by

confirmed COVID-19 patients in the past 14 days before testing.

Kerala o All persons who exhibit even one or two symptoms also to be tested

o Testing kiosks deployed to test for COVID-19 cases.

Punjab

o Punjab police deploys drones to intensify surveillance against curfew

violators.

o All telecom service providers, social media networks ordered to

mandatorily push notifications to their customers to download COVA app.

o Food department decided to intensify the ongoing state-wise raids to check

over pricing.

Special Announcements

Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Odisha and Andhra Pradesh have announced salary cuts to all state

government employees ranging from 10% to 75%.

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Name of State / UT Total

Confirmed

cases

Cured/Discharged/ Death

Migrated


Andaman and Nicobar

Islands

10 0 0

Bihar 15 0 1

Chandigarh 13 0 0

Chhattisgarh 8 0 0

Delhi 97 6 2

Goa 5 0 0

Gujarat 73 3 6

Haryana 40 21 0



Karnataka 83 5 3

Kerala 234 19 1

Ladakh 13 3 0



Manipur 1 0 0

Mizoram 1 0 0

Odisha 3 0 0

Puducherry 1 0 0

Punjab 41 1 3

Rajasthan 74 3 0

Tamil Nadu 74 4 1

Telangana 79 1 1

Uttarakhand 7 2 0


West Bengal 26 0 2

Total number of

confirmed cases in

India

1397# 124 35


Source: https://www.mohfw.gov.in/ accessed on 1st April, 12:46 PM

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The following table numerically elaborates number of government orders issued in order to address the

issues arising due to COVID-19 Pandemic.

The column Citizen indicates welfare-centric advisories and orders pertaining to preventive measures,

emergency relief and assistance, and other communications. The column Government indicates advisories

and orders meant for government offices/establishments for governance of health emergency.

Union/State Citizen Government Total Union/State Citizen Government Total

Union

Government 83 45 128 Lakshadweep 2 1 3

Andaman and

Nicobar Islands 11 32 43

Madhya

Pradesh 13 22 35

Andhra Pradesh 9 3 12 Maharashtra 4 7 11

Arunachal Pradesh 11 2 13 Manipur 1 2 3

Assam 8 0 8 Meghalaya 13 3 16

Bihar 11 2 13 Mizoram 2 6 8

Chandigarh 9 25 34 Nagaland 19 8 27

Chhattisgarh 2 2 4 Odisha 7 13 20

Dadra and Nagar

Haveli and Daman

and Diu 2 0 2

Puducherry 2 1 3

Delhi 17 21 38 Punjab 12 3 15

Goa 3 0 3 Rajasthan 8 8 16

Gujarat 17 6 23 Sikkim 1 2 3

Haryana 21 7 28 Tamil Nadu 10 7 17

Himachal Pradesh 30 39 69 Telangana 12 0 12

Jammu and

Kashmir 2 11 13 Tripura 2 1 3

Jharkhand 4 7 11 Uttar Pradesh 2 8 10

Karnataka 20 12 32 Uttarakhand 19 2 21

Kerala 12 17 29 West Bengal 11 33 44

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At the backdrop of COVID-19outbreak, the Government of India has undertaken the following

policy measures/interventions.


❖ Travel Advisories

▪ 25.01.2020: All non-essential travel to China to be avoided.

▪ 05.02.2020: Indian travellers are advised to refrain from travelling to China.

▪ 26.02.2020: Indian citizens advised to refrain from non-essential travel to

the following countries: Singapore, South Korea, Iran, Italy.

▪ 02.03.2020: Indian citizens are advised to refrain from travel to COVID-19

affected Countries (China, South Korea, Iran, Italy and Japan).

▪ 10.03.2020: Indians are advised to avoid non- essential travel abroad.

▪ Strongly advised to refrain from travelling to China, Italy, Iran, South

Korea, Japan, France, Spain and Germany.

▪ 11.03.2020: Only those international cruise ships which had planned and

intimated their call to an Indian Port not later than 1stJanuary 2020 will be

allowed to call on such port.

▪ Any international cruise ship or any member of its crew or any passenger

therein having a travel history of visiting any of the COVID-19 affected

countries are not permitted to enter any Indian port till 31stMarch 2020.

▪ 14.03.2020: All types of passenger movements through Immigration Land

Check Posts across all international borders of India banned.

▪ 16.03.2020: Travel of passengers from member countries of the European

Union, the European Free Trade Association, Turkey and the United

Kingdom to India is prohibited with effect from 18thMarch 2020.

▪ 17.03.2020: Travel of passengers from Afghanistan, Philippines, and

Malaysia to India is prohibited with immediate effect.

❖ Screening of international passengers at Airports

▪ 06.03.2020: All international Passengers entering India are required to

furnish duly filled self-declaration form and undergo Universal Health

Screening at the designated health counters at all Points of Entry.

▪ Passengers travelling from /having visited Italy or South Korea and desirous

of entering India will need a certificate of having tested negative for

COVID-19 from the designated laboratories authorized by the health

authorities of these countries.

▪ 11.03.2020: International traffic through land borders will be restricted to

designated check posts with robust screening facilities.

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▪ International cruise ships will be allowed only on the ports having thermal

screening facilities for passengers and crew.

❖ Visas:

▪ 05.02.2020: Existing visas (including e-Visa already issued) are no longer

valid for any foreign national travelling from China.

▪ 06.03.2020: All regular (sticker) Visas/e-Visa (including VoA for Japan and

South Korea) granted to nationals of Italy, Iran, South Korea, Japan and

issued on or before 03.03.2020 and who have not yet entered India stand

suspended.

▪ Regular (sticker) visas/e-Visas granted to all foreign nationals who have

travelled to China, Iran, Italy, South Korea and Japan on or after 01.02.2020,

and who have not yet entered India stand suspended.

▪ 11.03.2020: All existing visas (except diplomatic, official, UN/International

Organizations, employment, project visas) stand suspended till 15th April

2020.

▪ Visa free travel facility granted to OCI card holders is kept in abeyance till

15th April 2020.

❖ Quarantine:

▪ 05.02.2020: People travelling to China henceforth will be quarantined on

return.

▪ 26.02.2020: People coming from South Korea, Iran and Italy or those

having history of travel to these countries may be quarantined for 14 days

on arrival in India.

▪ 02.03.2020: People coming from China, South Korea, Iran, Italy and Japan

will be quarantined.

▪ 16.03.2020: Compulsory quarantine for a minimum period of 14 days for

passengers coming from/transiting through UAE, Qatar, Oman, and Kuwait

has been mandated.

❖ Transport cancellations:

▪ 19.03.2020: No scheduled international commercial passenger aircraft shall

take off from any foreign airport for any airport in India, after 00:00 hrs

GMT of March 22, 2020.

▪ A maximum travel time of 20 hours is permissible for such commercial

passenger aircraft to land in India.

▪ No incoming scheduled international commercial passenger aircraft shall

be allowed to disembark its passengers on Indian soil.

▪ 23.03.2020: Ban on domestic flights except cargo flights.

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▪ All Passenger trains suspended, and railway station entry/exits shut off. RPF

was asked to check no passenger travels by goods train.

❖ Evacuations: Indian and foreign nationals stuck in virus affected countries like

China, Japan, Iran and Italy were airlifted to India.

❖ Sealing of International Borders

▪ 14.03.2020: All types of passenger movements through all the Immigration

Land Check-posts located at India-Bangladesh border, India-Nepal border,

India-Bhutan border, India-Myanmar border and India- Pakistan border

suspended.

❖ Lockdown:

▪ 22.03.2020: Janata Curfew Announced.

▪ 23.03.2020: 75 districts of India where cases were reported are locked

down.

▪ 24.03.2020: Whole of India is brought under a complete lock down, wef.

Midnight of 24th March till 14th April 2020.

▪ 30.03.2020: Vehicles supplying essential goods whose documents are

expired since 1stFebruary 2020 or to be expired by 30th June 2020, the same

will be treated valid till 30th June 2020.

2. Medical and Health

▪ 25.01.2020

o The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), GoI said that it is closely

monitoring the outbreak of respiratory illness caused by a novel (new) Corona

virus (termed “2019-nCoV”).

o Establish a system for screening of travellers from ‘2019-nCoV’affected country

(China) at all Points of Entry.

o Establish In-country/ community surveillance through the Integrated Disease

Surveillance Programme network (IDSP).

▪ 08.03.2020

o All ministries directed to step up their efforts and fully utilise their resources in

support of MoHFW in its efforts of preparedness, control and containment

measures.

▪ 11.03.2020

o Powers given to MoHFW under NDMA to enhance preparedness for fighting

COVID-19.

o Items added in the Essential Commodities Act, 1955, in the Schedule, after serial

No. (7), namely: (8) masks (2ply & 3ply surgical masks, N95 masks) & hand

sanitizers.

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o 17.03.2020

o Micro-plan for Containing Local Outbreak of COVID-19:

• Mapping the affected areas.

• The containment zone will be decided by the Rapid Response Team based

on the extent of cases/contacts listed and mapped by them.

• Every confirmed case must be considered as an epicentre and micro-plan

activities to be done. ASHA/ ANM/ Anganwadi worker to do field visits to

check for any suspect cases and for information dissemination.

• District administration to closely monitor surveillance. A system from

tracking to testing to treatment of a positive patient has been prescribed.

▪ 18.03.2020

o All state and UT Drug Controllers advised to process the manufacturing

applications for sanitizers and masks within 3working days for grant of

manufacturing license.

▪ 19.03.2020

o Quota restrictions on Ethyl Alcohol/ Extra Neutral Alcohol removed. Ethyl

Alcohol, ENA is made available at a reasonable price for sanitizer manufacturers.

▪ 20.03.2020

o SAARC meeting convened and ₹74 Crore allocated to the COVID-19emergency

fund.

▪ 24.03.2020

o Emergency financial package of ₹15,000 crore for healthcare towards strengthening

of Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) for medical professionals, increasing

isolation wards and ICU beds, and for the training of medical and paramedical

manpower.

o All Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (where students are not residing) set up temporary

medical facilities / quarantine camps for isolation.

o States asked to waive 300% excise duty levied on ethanol used to make sanitizers.

o Supply of sanitizer in bulk to State and Central Government hospitals at low rates

may be negotiated with the distilleries.

o States asked to ensure that the bottling plants for manufacturing sanitizers can

function unhindered and all new permissions to be expeditiously granted.

o States may be pursued to waive inspection requirements and other formalities for

starting production of sanitizers and other equipment.

▪ 25.03.2020

o Publication of telemedicine practice guidelines.

o Enabling Registered Medical Practitioners to provide healthcare using

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telemedicine.

▪ 26.03.2020

o Any health professional, who while treating COVID-19patients, meets with some

accident, then he/she would be compensated with an amount of ₹50 lakh under the

scheme.

o State Governments were asked to utilize the funds available under District Mineral

Fund (DMF) for supplementing and augmenting facilities of medical testing,

screening and other requirements in connection with preventing the spread of

COVID-19pandemic as well as treating the patients affected with this pandemic.

o Advisory sent to the state governments to act about lapse in the number of the

international travellers to be monitored and the numbers monitored.

o Hydroxychloroquine is declared Schedule H1 drug. Retail sales of drugs containing

Hydroxychloroquine is to be made as per established procedure.

o Regulation by MoHFW for the sale and distribution of drugs for their delivery to

the consumers and stipulated conditions need to be maintained by the sellers given

the importance of door to door delivery of drugs and medicine.

o Due to scarcity of coveralls, and risk versus benefit, that as an emergency temporary

measure in larger public interest, in present given circumstances, the fabric that

cleared/passed ‘Synthetic Blood Penetration Resistance Test’(ISO 16603) and the

garment that passed ‘Resistance to penetration by biologically contaminated solid

particles (ISO 22612:2005) may be considered as the benchmark specification to

manufacture Coveralls.”

▪ 28.03.2020

o Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund (PM-

CARES) established.

o Certain number of railway coaches converted into isolation facilities.

▪ 29.03.2020

o 10 empowered groups and a strategic task force comprising senior civil servants to

deal with the COVID-19outbreak and its aftermath formed.

3. Food Security

▪ 25.03.2020

o Control room established in Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal

Trade to monitor issues of internal trade, manufacturing and delivery & logistics

of essential commodities during the lockdown period. Manufacturers, distributors,

transporters, e-commerce companies facing ground level difficulties can

complain.

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▪ 26.03.2020

o Food supplies to 80 crore individuals who would be provided double of their

current entitlement (food grains) over the next three months. These additional food

grains are free of cost. Additionally, 1 Kg Pulses will be provided (as per the

regional preferences) for the next three months.

▪ 29.03.2020

o State/ UT Governments shall ensure adequate arrangements of temporary shelters,

and food for the poor and needy including migrant labourers.

o Migrant people who went to their hometowns to be placed in quarantine for 14 days

after proper screening.

o All employers of industry, shops and establishments shall make payments to the

workers at their workplace, on the due date without deduction.

o Landlords should not collect rent from the workers including migrants who are

staying in rented accommodation for one month.

4. Unorganised Sector/ Migrant Labour/ Low Income Families / Farmers/ Senior Citizens

▪ 26.03.2020

o PM KISAN Yojana: The first instalment of ₹2,000 due in 2020-21 will be front-

loaded and paid in April 2020, benefitting 8.7 crores famers.

o PMJDY women accountholders would be given ex-gratia of ₹500 per month for

the next three months benefitting 20.40 crore women.

o Gas cylinders, free of cost, would be provided for the next three months to 8 crore

poor families.

o Wage-earners below ₹15,000 per month in businesses having less than 100

workers, the government proposes to pay 24 per cent of their monthly wages into

their PF accounts for the next three months.

o Senior citizens, widows and persons with disabilities (Divyang) will be provided

with ₹1,000.

o MNREGA wages would be increased by ₹20 with effect from 1 April 2020.

o Limit of collateral-free lending would be increased from ₹10 to ₹20 lakhs

benefiting 63 lakhs Self Help Groups (SHGs).

o Employees Provident Fund Regulations will be amended to include Pandemic as

the reason to allow the non-refundable advance of 75 percent of the amount or

three months of the wages, whichever is lower, from their accounts. The

beneficiary are Families of four crore workers registered under EPF.

o A welfare fund for building and other construction workers is created under a

Central Government Act. State Governments will be given directions to utilise

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disruptions. There are around 3.5 Crore registered workers in the Fund.

▪ 28.03.2020

o State governments and Union Territory administrations can utilise the State

Disaster Response Fund (SDRF), to which ₹29,000 crore has been allocated for

the next fiscal, for providing food and shelter to migrant workers hit by the 21-

day lockdown. Under the SDRF, whatever allocation is there in the current year,

for the next year a total of ₹29,000 crore has been allocated to the states under the

SDRF.

▪ 30.03.2020

o NITI Aayog invited Civil Society organizations to help in comprehensive welfare

of the migrants, support state governments and local administration for delivery

of public healthcare/hygiene, assist local administration in identifying hotspots,

depute volunteers and care givers to deliver services to the elderly, persons with

disabilities, children, transgender persons and other vulnerable groups and ensure

there is no discrimination and stigma against Covid-19 patients.

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OF INDIA

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RBI has announced a set of developmental and regulatory policies to ease out the financial stress

caused by COVID-19 on 27th March 2020. These policies consist of the following:

1. Expanding the liquidity in the system in sizeable manner to ensure that financial markets

and institutions function normally in the face of COVID-19related dislocations.

2. Reinforcing monetary transmission so that bank credit flows on easier and sustainable

manner and could help those who have been affected by pandemic.

3. Relaxing the repayment pressures and improving access to the working capital to ease out

the financial stress caused by COVID-19.

4. Improving the functioning of the markets in view of high volatility experienced with the

onset and spread of the pandemic.

RBI has reduced the policy repo rate under the Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF) by 75 basis

points to 4.40 per cent from 5.15 percent with immediate effect. Accordingly, the Marginal

Standing Facility (MSF) Rate and the Bank Rate stand reduced to 4.65 percent from 5.40 per cent.

Reverse repo rate under the LAF stands reduced by 90 basis points to 4.0 per cent. These steps

will help in expanding liquidity in the banking system and access to credit from banks.

Under Liquidity management, following three measures were announced by RBI:

a. Targeted Long-Term Repos Operations (TLTROs):

TLTRO is a monetary policy tool to inject liquidity in the system. Under TLTROs, RBI provides

longer term (one to three year) loans to banks at the prevailing repo rate. In the onset and rapid

progress of COVID-19, the financial market is experiencing large sell offs in the domestic equity,

bond and forex market. Also, liquidity premium on financial instruments such as corporate bonds,

commercial paper and debentures have surged. To curtail the adverse effects of these

developments, the RBI has announced that it will conduct auctions of targeted long- term repos of

up to three years tenor of appropriate sizes for a total amount of up to ₹1,00,000 crore at a floating

rate linked to the policy repo rate. It will help the banks to get loans at lower rates.

▪ The liquidity availed under the scheme by banks must be deployed in investment-

grade corporate bonds, commercial paper, and non-convertible debentures over and

above the outstanding level of their investments in these bonds as on March 27,

2020.

▪ Banks shall be required to acquire up to fifty per cent of their incremental holdings

of eligible instruments from primary market issuances and the remaining fifty per


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cent from the secondary market, including from mutual funds and non-banking

finance companies.

▪ Investments made by banks under this facility will be classified as Held to Maturity

(HTM) even in excess of 25 percent of total investment permitted to be included in

the HTM portfolio.

▪ Exposures under this facility will also not be reckoned under the large exposure

framework.

b. Cash Reserve Ratio

▪ As a one-time measure to help banks tide over the disruption caused by COVID-

19, it has been decided to reduce the Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) of all banks by

100 basis points to 3.0 percent of net demand and time liabilities (NDTL). The

CRR is a certain minimum amount of deposit that the commercial banks must hold

as reserves with the central bank.

▪ This reduction in the CRR would release primary liquidity of about ₹1,37,000

crore uniformly across the banking system

▪ It has been decided to reduce the requirement of minimum daily CRR balance

maintenance from 90 per cent to 80 per cent. One-time dispensation available up

to June 26, 2020

c. Marginal Standing Facility

▪ Marginal Standing Facility is the rate at which the banks can borrow overnight

funds from RBI against the approved government securities. RBI has decided to

increase the limit of MSF from 2 per cent to 3 per cent with immediate effect. This

is intended to provide comfort to the banking system by allowing it to avail an

additional ₹1,37,000 crore of liquidity under the LAF window.

These three measures relating to TLTRO, CRR and MSF will inject total liquidity of ₹3.74 lakh

crore into the system.

To prevent the transmission of financial stress to real economy, ensure the continuity of viable

businesses and provide relief to the borrowers, the RBI has announced following regulatory and

supervisory steps:

▪ Moratorium on Term Loans

o The repayment schedule and all subsequent due dates, as also the tenor for term

loans, maybe shifted across the board by three months.

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▪ Deferment of Interest on Working Capital Facilities

o In respect of working capital facilities sanctioned in the form of cash

credit/overdraft, lending institutions are permitted to allow a deferment of three

months on payment of interest in respect of all such facilities outstanding as on

March 1, 2020.

▪ Easing of Working Capital Financing

o In respect of working capital facilities sanctioned in the form of cash

credit/overdraft, lending institutions may recalculate drawing power by reducing

margins and/or by reassessing the working capital cycle for the borrowers.

▪ Deferment of Implementation of Net Stable Funding Ratio (NSFR)

o As per the prescribed timeline in Basel norms, banks in India were required to

maintain NSFR of 100 per cent from April 1, 2020. It has now been decided to

defer the implementation of NSFR by six months from April 1, 2020, to October

1, 2020.

▪ Deferment of Last Tranche of Capital Conservation Buffer

o Permitting Banks to Deal in Offshore Non- Deliverable Rupee Derivative Markets

(Offshore NDF Rupee Market) to improve the efficiency of price discovery. Banks

may participate through their branches in India, their foreign branches or through

their International banking Unit (IBUs).

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STATES/

UTs

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The following measures are common to all state governments initiated on their own or on the

advisory of the Union Government.


▪ Constituting high power committees at state, district and sub-district level.

▪ Constitution of Emergency Response Teams.

▪ Monitoring and quarantining international passengers at the airports.

▪ Track people who might have met the above and advise them to self-quarantine.

▪ Educating and informing citizens about the dos and don'ts aboutCOVID-19through print,

electronic and social media.

▪ Ordered closing down of malls, cinema theatres, pubs, dine-in restaurants, places of public

congregations - marriage halls, concerts and religious festivals/gatherings.

▪ Restrictions on public transport placed. All the traffic coming from other states suspended,

local public transport’s capacity reduced, all private cabs, taxis, and autos suspended.

▪ Announcement of complete lockdown of the states invoking The Epidemic Diseases Act

of 1897. Under the aegis of this act, all the services except for the emergency services like

health, police, and essentials are closed, and public movement is restricted.

▪ Spread of fake news or unauthorized news through various social media is prohibited under

NDMA 2005.

▪ Enforce social distancing under NDMA 2005.

▪ All examinations at school, college, university levels, and recruitment examinations

postponed until further notice.

▪ Village taskforce is constituted to monitor and report COVID-19cases and enforce

lockdown.

▪ Facility of e-pass for COVID-19 curfew can be obtained online with supporting documents.

▪ Disinfecting common areas like offices, health centres and other public spaces are being

disinfected regularly.

2. Medical & Health Measures

▪ Ministries of Health and Family Welfare to check preparedness to tackle COVID-19, take

immediate measures to set up facilities to test, treat and contain COVID-19 cases. Also, to

ramp up procurement of masks, hazmat suits, ventilators and other necessary equipment.

▪ Central govt directed all states to take initiatives and ensure home delivery of medicines

and essentials.

▪ Prohibited disclosure of details of COVID-19 patients, families and relatives by media.

▪ Additional healthcare personnel onboarded on ad-hoc basis.

▪ All the private medical colleges and hospitals are advised to stay on alert.

MEASURES TAKEN BY ALL

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3. Welfare of Specific Social Groups (food security, migrant/unorganized/low income

families/farmers/ senior citizens)

▪ Most of the state governments announced measures such as free ration, pensions in

advance, free treatment for the COVID-19patients, cash incentives to white card holders to

sustain during the lockdown period, door delivery of groceries, vegetables, milk, medicines

etc.

▪ E-commerce platforms have been allowed to deliver daily essentials.

▪ Governments asked private employers to provide paid leave or work from home for the

employees during the lockdown period and not to fire anyone.

▪ Invoked Essential Commodities Act 1955 to keep in check prices of essentials like

groceries, sanitizers, masks.

▪ Several states have issued orders to the landlords of the health care professionals, hostel

owners, and PG owners not to coerce their tenants to vacate or charge rent.

▪ Governments to ensure the provision of essential services related to food, grocery items,

fruits and vegetables, dairy and milk products.

▪ Shelter homes with provision to feed the homeless, migrants, labourers and the poor have

been set up.

▪ Monitoring unit constituted for motoring and facilitating movement of goods into the

state and within the state.

▪ A helpline is set up to address issues of stranded migrant workers, across all states.

▪ Funds are allocated to help migrants from the state stuck in other parts of the country.

▪ Set up relief camps along highways to provide food and shelter to migrant workers

returning to their domicile states.

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Unique Measures entail, the steps that the state governments and UTs may have taken with or

without the directives of the Union Government, or may have announced additional welfare

benefits, preventive measures, or public health interventions including mental health. In the fast-

changing policy response environment, it has been noted that interventions perceived to be

successful are quickly replicated by the other states.

Welfare Measures


Name of the


Andhra

Pradesh

o Distribution of ₹1000 for poor families and delivery of April quota of rice

and dal free of cost to all rice card holders through an existing network of 2.5

lakh volunteers (1 volunteer per 50 households).

o Distribution of free ration in three phases: 29thMarch, 15th& 29th April.

o Package of 10 kg rice and 1 kg dal to every resident of old age home and

childcare centres.

Arunachal

Pradesh

o Lohit district launched a hyper-local Service delivery e-commerce platform

MeeBuddy to provide groceries at the doorstep of denizens within the district

limits.

Assam

o Special Operating Procedure (SOP) operational across all the 685 tea estates.

State takes over control and management of estate hospitals, creches, club

houses and other infrastructure to monitor the health of estate workers.

Amount of ₹5000 given to each estate to sensitise workers, spread awareness

and maintain detailed logbook of outsiders.

o One-time assistance of $2000 to Assamese stranded outside the country,

alongside assistance in visa extension, if required.

Bihar

o ₹4 lakhs ex gratia to be provided for the families of COVID-19deaths.

o ₹1000 per eligible ration card is to be deposited into their bank accounts.

o Shelter homes for the inbound migrants at the borders to be set up

Chandigarh o Grocery shops to provide home delivery. Details of grocery shops mentioned

on the website.

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STATE GOVERNMENTS/UNION TERRITORIES

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Chhattisgarh o Electric power meter reading for low pressure consumers under lump sum

scheme with half the rate for two months.

Delhi

o Ration quota per person increased by 50% and the additional ration is free

of cost (for one month).

o Pensions for differently abled, widows and elderly doubled for the month

of March 2020.

o ₹5000 given to every construction worker of Delhi.

o Students of 11th and 12th get allowance for purchasing data on their phones

to continue their classes. Teachers were asked to be available to the

students on call.

Gujarat o For non-Gujarati people to procure ration from Fair Price Shop, ration card

isn’t mandatory

Haryana

o Website launched for home delivery of essential commodities to people in

the state.

o No interest to be charged for the extended period as farm loan payment

deadline extended.

o Labourers registered under the Construction Labour Welfare Board would

be paid ₹1,000 per week for the duration of lockdown.

o Those workers who have registered with the Haryana Board of

Construction Workers but have not registered under MMPSY would be

provided with a sum of ₹4500 per month on a weekly basis starting March

30, 2020.

o Daily wagers such as mazdoors, street vendors, etc. may register online on

a portal by the Deputy Commissioner of the district. All such persons who

are found eligible and have a bank account would be directly provided

with an assistance of ₹1000 per week for the duration of lockdown.

o All health workers and frontline workers involved in combating the

pandemic would be provided accident insurance (ex-gratia) of ₹10 Lakhs.

Jammu and

Kashmir

o Free insurance of ₹5 lakh for all residents of J&K on the lines of Ayushman

Bharat.

o Advance ration for April & May to be issued to eligible beneficiaries.

o Two instalments of social security pensions to be released.

o 1-month ration for mid-day meals to be given in advance to parents of all

eligible children.

o Wages for daily wagers to be released.

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o Amount of ₹1000 to be given to all registered construction workers.

Jharkhand o Government to open 350 khichdi kitchens across the state to provide food for

the poor.

Karnataka o Free food through Indira Canteens for the poor.

Kerala

o Loans worth ₹2000 Cr through Kudumbasree.

o 1000 food stalls across the state serving food at ₹20 per head.

o Home delivery of mid-day meals to the school children.

o Opened 4603 relief camps for migrant workers.

Madhya

Pradesh

o Appealed every state to provide food, shelter, security and healthcare to its

people and that it will reimburse the amount.

o All social welfare pensions for 2 months to be given in advance.

o All labourers get ₹1000.

o Tribal families to get 2-month advance payments done for their

welfare/social security.

o All students get money into their accounts for Midday meals.

Maharashtra o Wedding halls to be used as shelter houses for migrant workers.

Meghalaya

o At Shillong, Tura, Jowai, &Williamnagar, the government has on-boarded

several end-to-end home delivery partners for essential commodities.

o List of shops and localities for purchasing basic commodities published on

the state government website.

o Amount of ₹1,000 to each worker per week to registered construction

workers.

Nagaland

o Any person from Nagaland, who decided to stay back at their place of work

or stranded enroute to Nagaland, to share their information on official

WhatsApp numbers.

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Odisha

o All the students of SC/ST welfare hostels will be given three months’ pre-

Matric scholarship as an advance.

o Enhanced coverage of 5 lakh beneficiaries under the State Food Security

Scheme.

o Mid-day Meal coupons to the students for 3 months will be given in

advance.

o Express permission is given to all transport vehicles that carry essential

goods to ply without any hassles.

o Appointed nodal officer for migrant workers for each state.

Punjab

o CM asked all industrial units and brick kilns to commence operations with

migrant workers if they have adequate provisions to accommodate them

safely within the premises.

o CM authorized Sarpanches to use Panchayat funds to help people in villages.

Municipal funds at disposal of ULBs, they are empowered to buy medicine

& food for urban daily wagers, labourers & poor.

o CM announced distribution of 10 lakh packets of dry ration containing 10 kg

atta, 2 kg dal and 2 kg sugar to daily wagers and unorganised labours. These

packets will also be available at the DC office for anyone not covered in the

distribution drive.

o Relief of ₹3,000 to each registered construction worker in the state through

direct benefit transfer (DBT). A total sum of ₹96 crore has been earmarked

for this purpose.

o About 20 special trains carrying food grains (wheat & rice) were sent to help

other states.

Rajasthan

o Social Sector pensions to be given in advance for 2 months.

o ₹1000 per month for families whose livelihood has been impacted by

lockdown.

o NFSA beneficiaries (ration card holders) to get ration wheat free of cost in

April and May.

Sikkim o ₹5000 one-time assistance to students stranded outside the state.

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Tamil Nadu

o Package of ₹1000 along with 15 kg rice, 1 kg dal and 1 kg oil to unorganized

sector workers.

o Eligible ration card holders will get cash assistance of ₹1000 and essential

supplies free during April. To avoid overcrowding at Fair Price Shops, a

token system shall be adopted for the issue of cash support and essential

commodities.

o Elderly and destitute to get cooked food at their residence.

o Amma canteens to continue functioning in order to provide quality free food.

Telangana

o All White ration cardholders to get 12-kilo rice and ₹1500 per person for

buying other essential commodities.

o Free lunch and dinner are provided to the poor and needy in the 150

Annapurna Canteens in the Hyderabad city.

o Hyderabad Municipal Corporation launched a mega-collection drive of

ration from the public to provide food to the needy and poor.

o Each migrant worker to get 12 kg rice and ₹500

o 145 Mobile Rythu Bazaar launched in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal

Corporation area, Hyderabad to deliver vegetables at their doorstep for

citizens.

o More than 4 lakh migrant workers in Hyderabad & other parts of Telangana

are being taken care of by the Govt in tandem with builders & contractors.

All essential provisions & sanitation needs to be made available on their site

of construction.

Uttar

Pradesh

o Amount of ₹1,000 each will be given to 1.5 million daily wage labourers and

2.03 million construction workers across the state through direct benefit

transfer (DBT). For workers who do not have bank accounts, efforts will be

made to open their bank accounts as soon as possible.

o Free food grains for the months of April and May in advance to more than

8.38 million widow, old age and handicapped pensioners.

o For households not covered under NFSA, ₹1000 assistance will be provided.

o Community kitchens are operational for needy daily wagers and needy.

Uttarakhand o Government bars collection of fees by private schools during lockdown.

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West Bengal

o ICDS ration is sent to children’s homes –2 kg rice &potatoes.

o 5 kg rice/atta to be available for free for the next 6 months (till September)

from Fair Price Shops.

o Social Sector pensions to be given in advance for 2 months.

o New programme called ‘ProchestaPrakalpa’–daily workers in need will get

₹1000 as one-time relief.

Medical and Health

Name of the


Andaman and

Nicobar

o Doctors made available for Tele Consultation who prepare a detailed

prescription and the hospital staff provide door delivery of medicine.

Andhra

Pradesh

o Tracking its citizens who are in-home quarantine with a tool called

‘COVID-19 Alerting Tracking System’. If any of these persons travel

beyond a 100-metre radius from the location, the district authorities get an

alert.

Delhi

o Additional quarantine facilities on a paid basis arranged in: Lemon Tree

hotel, RedFox Hotel, IBIS hotel. GST on hotel bills for quarantine

patients in Delhi waived off.

o 100 Doctors working in GB Pant hospital and LNJP hospital are provided accommodation in the Lalit 5-star Hotel.

Goa o Launched self-assessment interactive app on COVID-19.

Gujarat o Launched GIS based mobile app to track home quarantined people in

Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, Vadodara and Rajkot.

Haryana o Treatment packages for COVID-19patients have been fixed for private

hospitals and medical colleges.

Jharkhand o Retired doctors have been invited to join service.

Kerala

o Appointed 276 doctors who were waitlisted in the PSC exam.

o Quarantine is followed for 28 days against 14 days in other states.

o Interactive app for self-assessment launched.

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Maharashtra

o Requested private doctors to volunteer as ad-hoc doctors in COVID-19 care

facilities.

o Released 11,000 prisoners to prevent overcrowding in the prisons.

Madhya

Pradesh

o Issued orders for the takeover of a section of private hospitals in some

districts, under the Madhya Pradesh Epidemic Disease.

Nagaland

o Self-declaration COVID-19 Nagaland App launched and made mandatory

for any person who entered after 6th March, even if they have called the

state/district helpline, for tracking and surveillance of high-risk cases.

Odisha

o Spending powers of DCs and HODs have been enhanced to facilitate the

procurement of emergency provisions.

o People who returned from abroad and registered for quarantine will be

given an incentive of Rs 15,000 for Registration and Home Isolation.

o Odisha State Medical Corporation has declared incentive for early

delivery of medicines and medical equipment like 50% extra for delivery

in 7 days, 25% extra for delivery in 15 days and 10% extra for delivery

in 30 days. Full cost of transportation along with full payment within 24

hours of delivery has been assured.

o All healthcare workers are given a four-month salary in advance.

Puducherry o Launched self-assessment interactive app on COVID-19.

Rajasthan

o Issued orders for the takeover of a section of private hospitals in some

districts, under the Rajasthan Epidemic Disease COVID-19 Rules.

o District administration decided that violators of lockdown should serve in

quarantine ward – to sanitise wards and take care of COVID-19 patients.

Telangana o Completely refurbished & exclusive 350 bed hospital for patients at

Hyderabad. 4 more exclusive hospitals being refurbished & readied.

Uttar Pradesh

o District administration decided that violators of lockdown should serve in

quarantine ward – to sanitize wards and take care of COVID-19 patients.

o Government takes over hotels in Lucknow to make quarantine zones

medical staff in constant contact with COVID-19 patients. Other parts of

the state have also similarly notified hotels, guest houses and government

accommodations to prepare for hosting medical staff, if required.

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West Bengal

o Bus services for emergency duty personnel, limited availability of cabs.

o Announced ₹5 lakh health insurance for frontline doctors, healthcare

workers, nurses (private & government) and those running essential

services.

o One-month TB medicine will be home delivered in bulk (free) to patients.

o B.Sc Nursing students posted to institutes including quarantine facility.

Mental Health

Name of the


Jharkhand o An online counselling centre has been set up in Ranchi with trained

personnel to address mental wellbeing of the citizens during the lockdown.

Karnataka o Counselling sessions are conducted for all COVID-19 confirmed patients

and those in home/government quarantine.

Kerala

o A live counselling hotline is set up to help COVID-19 positive patients.

o To prevent alcohol withdrawal symptoms, special passes are issued to

purchase alcohol on the advice of medical doctor.

Tamil Nadu o State has kept 1000 counsellors ready to provide psychological assistance to

those under home quarantine.

West Bengal

o WB Commission for protection of child rights has put together a list of

mental health professionals who can help children finding it difficult to cope

with COVID-19 lockdown. Information about helpline numbers and timings

are available.

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Preventive Measures

Name of the


Chandigarh

o An officer is appointed for coordinating home delivery of medicines and

facilitating the work of various NGOs, public-spirited citizen and social

organizations interested in aiding the state.

o Three mobile ATMs arranged for the city.

o Talks are on with MARKFED and HAFED to operate mobile vans in the

city to provide rations at reasonable rates.

Chhattisgarh o Drones deployed to spray disinfectant in 180 Sq. KM in Raipur. This is to

be extended to 770 Sq. KM in the next few days.

Delhi o Home quarantine labels outside homes of quarantined people.

Haryana

o Public access to important Government offices is restricted. A telephone

number to be provided on which people can contact and seek information

and any service.

o Teachers develop online content (video/audio lessons) for students and

make this content available on their official websites and other online

channels.

Jharkhand o A helpline 181 has been set up to report hoarding, price hikes and

unavailability at PDS.

Karnataka

o Started a telegram channel to provide citizens with official information.

o Drones are used to sanitize public spaces in Bengaluru.

o App deployed to track home quarantined persons who must upload a selfie

every hour.

Kerala o Prepare route maps of all the places each confirmed COVID-19 patient

visited along with time and publish it for general awareness.

Madhya

Pradesh o Indore city has deployed drones to sanitize public spaces.

Meghalaya o Implemented odd-even scheme for private vehicles from 22nd to 31st March

2020 to strengthen social distancing on roads.

Nagaland o Deployed drones in Kohima to make announcements in Nagamese to

inform locals about the do’s and don’ts of COVID-19.

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Punjab o To release 60,000 prisoners in order to decongest jails.

Tamil Nadu o Launched a WhatsApp Chat Bot for information and awareness on COVID-

19.

Odisha

o Chief Minister had made an appeal to the people of Odisha to take a

pledge 'Mo Jeevan' for their security and their family’s as well as to abide

by the 'lockdown' rules sincerely.

Tamil Nadu o Deployed drones to sanitise hospitals and other public spaces.

Telangana

o Apart from supplying to buyers in bulk, Telangana Prisons Department

have come up with Home Health and Hygiene Kits (big and small) made

by inmates of Telangana prisons.

o Narayanpet district officials using drones to sanitize goods vehicles.

o Quarantines houses to be geo-tagged and the information is to be provided

in a separate tab on ‘TS Cop App’.

West Bengal

o Directed all Fair Price Shops to adhere to WHO recommended hygiene

guidelines, including regular use of liquid hand wash or alcohol based

(60%), which should be made available for beneficiaries as well.

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