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Government Exempts Educational Bookshops, Fan Shops From Lockdown Restrictions
Swarajya Staff
Apr 22, 2020, 09:11 AM | Updated 09:11 AM IST
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The Union Home Ministry on Tuesday (21 April) extended relaxation to several agricultural and commercial industries from the lockdown restrictions. In the commercial sector, shops selling textbooks and establishments selling electric fans can also operate.
In the agricultural sector, the relaxation has been extended to facilities for export or import such as pack houses, inspection and treatment facilities for seeds and horticulture produce. It also includes relaxation to research establishments dealing with the agriculture and horticulture activities and the inter- and intra-state movement of planting materials and honey bee colonies, honey and other beehive products.
The Union Home Ministry also ordered Standard Operating Procedure for the sign-on and sign-off of Indian seafarers (crew members) at Indian ports and their movement. According to the SOP laid down for sign-in of an Indian crew member, the ministry said that the seafarer will have to intimate their travel and contact history for the last 28 days to the shipowner or the recruitment and placement service.
The same can be done through email, as per procedure laid down by the Director-General of Shipping.
“The crew member, however, will be tested for COVID-19 before boarding the ship and will be allowed to sign-in only if he is tested negative,” the ministry said.
“For sign-off purposes, the Indian seafarer arriving on the vessel would undergo the COVID-19 test for confirmation that he/she is negative for COVID-19,” it added. The crew member will be kept in a quarantine centre until the report arrives.
(With inputs from IANS)
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