As India has entered into the second phase of the lockdown in
its fight against COVID-19, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has
now permitted operations in some sectors and announced certain
relaxations by its order dated April 15, 2020, as amended by order
on April 16, 2020 (collectively "Guidelines"), which are
scheduled to come into effect from April 20, 2020. We have set out
below the most common questions we have received on the Guidelines
since the announcement.
1. What kind of commercial activities continue to remain closed
till May 3, 2020?
The Guidelines provide for the following activities to remain
closed till May 3, 2020:
- All domestic (including inter-district or inter-state) and
international travel by air, trains, buses, metro rail or any other
mode (except for permitted activities like transportation of
goods/cargo, security purposes and operations of relief and
evacuation measures.
