PM Modi to make it official today: Lockdown will stay with caveats

But, even if lockdown restrictions are eased, labour remains the biggest challenge for both agriculture and industry.

In a series of top-level meetings through Monday, the Centre finetuned the details related to a likely lockdown extension, the industries where some curbs would be lifted and getting migrants back into the workforce. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s address to the nation at 10 am on Tuesday would reflect many of these decisions, according to officials.
 

Ahead of the PM’s announcement of a likely two-week lockdown extension with some relaxations, all ministers and senior bureaucrats resumed working from office on Monday, giving out a signal that the government was returning to normalcy. Till late in the evening, officials worked on