Covid-19: Govt allows transportation of all essential, non-essential goods

The home secretary also made it clear that the newspaper delivery supply chain is allowed under exemptions given for print media

The Union Home Ministry on Sunday allowed the transportation of all essential and non-essential goods in the country and the use of the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) to provide shelter to migrant workers and the homeless stranded due to the lockdown imposed to combat Covid-19.

Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla wrote to chief secretaries of all states and Union territories, asking them to enure that relief camps were set up for homeless people, including migrant labourers, to provide them shelter and food.

“I would also like to inform that the central government has also allowed use of SDRF for homeless people,