Centre Mulling Requests By States, Experts To Extend Lockdown Amid Spike In Covid-19 Cases

Centre Mulling Requests By States, Experts To Extend Lockdown Amid Spike In Covid-19 Cases....,

According to government sources, a lot of state governments, as well as experts, are requesting Central government to extend the lockdown. The central government is thinking in this direction.

The speculations about the lockdown can’t be said to be veiled-off as a meeting between the Group of Ministers (GOM) was hosted by the Union Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday during which there was no decision taken on whether to end the lockdown on April 14 or to extend it.

The meeting was called to decide the plan of action by the Centre on COVID-19 hosted at Singh’s residence.

In the meeting, the discussion was made on the availability and smooth passage of essential supplies and particularly coronavirus hotspots were discussed in the meeting, sources said.

In the meeting, Home Minister Amit Shah, Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar, Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan among others were present.

In the meeting, the GOM welcomed the decision to reduce the salaries of the Member of Parliaments for a year and suspension of MPLADS for a couple of years, in the view of outbreak.

Taking it to Twitter Rajnath Singh said, “Today the Group of Ministers had an extensive discussion on the prevailing situation post the Lockdown. We shared the appreciation for the Union Cabinet’s decision to reduce the salaries of all MPs for a year and also the suspension of MPLADS funds for 2 years.”

ಕೊರೊನಾ ಹರಡದಂತೆ ದೇಶಾದ್ಯಂತ ಲಾಕ್​ಡೌನ್ ಹಿನ್ನೆಲೆ.ಏಪ್ರಿಲ್ 14ರ ಬಳಿಕ ಲಾಕ್​ಡೌನ್​ ಮುಂದುವರಿಕೆಗೆ ಮನವಿ.ಕೇಂದ್ರ ಸರ್ಕಾರಕ್ಕೆ ಮನವಿ ಮಾಡಿರುವ ರಾಜ್ಯ ಸರ್ಕಾರಗಳು.ಲಾಕ್​ಡೌನ್​ ಮುಂದುವರಿಸಲು ಕೇಂದ್ರಕ್ಕೆ ಕೆಲವು ತಜ್ಞರ ಮನವಿ.ರಾಜ್ಯ ಸರ್ಕಾರಗಳ ಮನವಿ ಹಿನ್ನೆಲೆ ಕೇಂದ್ರ ಸರ್ಕಾರದ ಚಿಂತನೆ.ಲಾಕ್​ಡೌನ್ ಮುಂದುವರಿಸುವ ಕುರಿತು ಚಿಂತಿಸುತ್ತಿರುವ ಕೇಂದ್ರ.



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