Phade Lifting of Lockdown
b) Fortunately, the wheat harvesting season is on, and a good number of migrant returnees would find work and would not be too desperate to return.
c) Supplement this by scaled up MNREGA disbursements to keep them provided.
d) The migrant populace still corralled in the cities and being fed and sheltered by the local governments should continue to be so at least till the 6th week. Then review.
e) No passenger trains /metro/buses should be allowed to resume till the 6th week. After that isolate the hots-spots (areas with a higher incidence of +ve cases ) then run passenger trains enabling traffic between the safer urban centres. Scale it up gradually.
f) Taxis and private vehicles should be permitted initially from week 4 onwards.
g) All 60+ should stay put at home or have minimal local outings. All religious, political congregations should be barred until the all-clear status is achieved more