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LOCKDOWN 2.0: WHAT'S OPEN & WHAT'S BANNED

The government on Wednesday issued a fresh set of guidelines as India entered the second phase of a nationwide lockdown meant to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus. The exhaustive guidelines detail whether citizens are allowed to move, what industries can function, what items can be sold, what measures are to be followed by workplaces remaining open during the lockdown phase, and more.

ALLOWED FROM APRIL 20

 Agricultural and related activities

 Select industrial activities

 Digital economy

 Transportation of goods, both essential and non-essential

 Agriculture marketing

 Manufacture, distribution, retail of fertilizers, pesticides, seeds

 Tea, coffee and rubber plantations

 Food processing industries in rural areas

 Construction of roads, irrigation projects, buildings, industrial projects in rural areas

 Manufacturing, other industrial establishments with access control in SEZs, EoUs, industrial estates and industrial townships

 Health services and social sector

 Manufacture of IT hardware, of essential goods and packaging

 Coal, mineral, oil production

 RBI, banks, ATMs, capital and debt markets as notified by SEBI and insurance companies

 E-commerce, IT and IT-enabled services, data and call centres

 Online teaching and distance learning



Driving licenses: Goa relaxes validity norms
the goan I network
PANAJI
State government has provided relaxation to citizens who are facing difficulties in renewal of validity of various documents related to Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 and Central Motor Vehicle Rules,1989 due to lockdown in the country and closure of Government transport offices.
The validity of fitness, permit of all types, driving license, registration or any other concerned documents whose extension of validity could not be processed due to lockdown and which have expired since February 1, 2020 or would expire by June 30, 2020 have been ordered to be treated as valid till June 30, 2020. Enforcement authorities have already been notified about this development.
Citizens have been asked to note that ‘non-use clause facility’ for transport vehicle for suspension of tax liability, which is operational in a number of states and the facility is being provided by NIC on the VAHAN platform online, may be adopted by other states to give relief to the commercial vehicles like taxi and bus which are non-operational under the current circumstances.   
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2 cases of sexual assault on minors reported

The Goan Network
Published Apr 16, 2020, 2:26 AM IST
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the goan I networkMARGAO While there’s no perceptible rise in the number of domestic violence cases during the lockdown, two cases of sexual assault on minors were reported in Salcete, besides an attempt to kidnap a minor girl by a minor boy.While in the first case of sexual assault, a minor girl with IQ problem was sexually assaulted by three persons on different dates, including by a minor boy, the second case of rape had taken place after the accused had befriended…

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