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FAQs on Lockdown 3.0:

What's Permitted and What's
Not According to Govt's Latest
Guidelines
The entire country has been colour-coded into
Red, Orange and Green Zones. The rules are the
strictest in the Red Zone districts and get
progressively easier in the Orange and Green
Zones.

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Updated: May 2, 2020, 10:16 AM IST

A health worker uses an infrared thermometer to

measure the temperature of a labourer at a
construction site in Ahmedabad. (Reuters)

What’s the status of the lockdown?

It has been extended by two weeks from
May 4.

Oh, dear. That means nothing changes for

two more weeks?

Not really. The government has eased rules

for a number of activities.

Like how? Can you explain?

The entire country has been colour-coded

into Red, Orange and Green Zones. The rules
are the strictest in the Red Zone districts
and get progressively easier in the Orange
and Green Zones.

What do these colours signify?

Red Zone areas are those where the

incidence of COVID-19 positive cases are
the highest, followed by Orange and Green
Zones. You can Rnd out the details here.

So if I stay in a Red Zone, my life doesn’t

really change. Isn’t it?

Not quite right. If you are in a Red Zone area,

you will still be eligible for easier rules from
May 4 although you may not be as lucky as
your friends staying in Orange and Green
Zones.

Really? How?

If you are in a Red Zone, the following will be

allowed:

- Private cars with two persons at most.

- Two-wheelers without pillion rider.

What about oSces and businesses in Red

Zones? Will they be allowed to function?

Yes some of them, such as the following:

- Special Economic Zones (SEZs), Industrial

Estates and Export Oriented Undertakings
with access control.

- Manufacturing plants of essential goods.

- Manufacturing of IT hardware.

- Jute industry units with staggered shifts

and social distancing.

- Manufacturing units of packaging material.

Hmm. And construction and housing

projects that have remained stuck for 40
days now?

Construction activities in urban areas have

been limited to in-situ construction (where
workers are available on site and none are
required to be brought in from outside) and
construction of renewable energy projects.

What about shops? Will all shops open in

Red Zones from May 4?

Shops in urban areas, for non-essential

goods, are not allowed in malls, markets and
market complexes.
However, all standalone (single) shops,
neighbourhood (colony) shops and shops in
residential complexes are permitted to
remain open in urban areas, without any
distinction of essential and non-essential.

Can I get home-delivered non-essential

goods such as clothes through e-
commerce companies?

Sorry to disappoint you, but this e-

commerce of non-essentials will not be
allowed in a Red Zone area.

I need to get my home air conditioners

serviced. I stay in the Red Zone. Can I call
in an AC service provider?

You can, only if you don’t stay in an area

classiRed as ‘Containment Zone’ within the
Red Zone district. ‘Containment Zones’ are
areas where strictest enforcement of
lockdown rules are in place, given the high
incidence of Covid-19 positive cases. All
private security and facility management
services, and services provided by self-
employed persons such as electricians, IT
repairs, plumbers, car mechanics and
carpenters, except for barbers, will be
allowed in all areas, except for those
classiRed as ‘Containment Zones’.

What about salons? I badly need a hair cut.

Afraid you will have to bear a little longer.

Barber shops, spas and salons will not be
allowed to open.

Can I book an Uber or an Ola to go out?

No, you can’t. Plying of cycle rickshaws and

auto rickshaws; running of taxis and cab
aggregators; intra-district and inter-district
plying of buses will remain prohibited in Red
Zone districts for two more weeks.

What about oSces?

Private o`ces can operate with upto 33%

strength as per requirement, with the
remaining persons working from home. All
government o`ces shall function with
senior o`cers of the level of Deputy
Secretary and above at full strength, and the
remaining staff attending upto 33% as per
requirement.

Most of the commercial and private

establishments have been allowed in the
Red Zones. These include print and
electronic media, IT and IT-enabled services,
data and call centres, cold storage and
warehousing services, private security and
facility management services, and services
provided by self-employed persons, except
for barbers, and manufacturing units of non-
essential goods.

Will my house help be allowed to come?

House help will be allowed in all zones

except containment zones. But since no
public transport is available, they will have to
reach the residence of their employer on
their own. And society rules in the zones will
apply. No domestic help will be allowed in
containment zones.

Are there any other activities that will be

allowed in a Red Zone?

A large number of other activities will be

allowed in the Red Zones.

These include: All industrial and

construction activities in rural areas,
including MNREGA work, food-processing
units and brick-kilns; besides, in rural areas,
without distinction to the nature of goods,
all shops, except in shopping malls, are
permitted.

All agriculture activities, such as sowing,

harvesting, procurement and marketing
operations in the agricultural supply chain,
are permitted. Animal husbandry activities
are fully permitted, including inland and
marine Rsheries. All plantation activities are
allowed, including their processing and
marketing.

All health services (including AYUSH) are to

remain functional, including transport of
medical personnel and patients through air
ambulances.

What about the Wnancial sector such as

banks and NBFCs?

A large part of the Rnancial sector remains

open, which includes banks, non-banking
Rnance companies (NBFCs), insurance and
capital market activities, and credit co-
operative societies.

Aha. It doesn’t seem that bad after all. It

does get a little easier in the Orange Zones.
Doesn’t it?

Indeed. In the Orange Zones, in addition to

activities permitted in Red Zones, taxis and
cab aggregators (such as Uber and Ola) will
be permitted with a driver and a single
passenger only.

Inter-district movement of individuals and

vehicles will be allowed for permitted
activities only. Four-wheelers will have a
maximum of two passengers besides the
driver and pillion riding will be allowed on
two-wheelers.

And Green Zone areas? Does life return to a

pre-COVID-19 era?

Well, almost. In the Green Zones, all

activities are permitted except the limited
number of activities, which are prohibited
throughout the country, irrespective of the
zone. However, buses can operate with upto
50% seating capacity and bus depots can
operate with upto 50% capacity.

All goods tra`c is to be permitted. No state

or Union Territory shall stop the movement
of cargo for cross land-border trade under
treaties with neighbouring countries. No
separate pass of any sort is needed for such
movement, which is essential for
maintaining the supply chain of goods and
services across the country during the
lockdown period.

Do these rules apply universally across

India?

States and UTs, based on their assessment

of the situation and with the primary
objective of keeping the spread of COVID-19
in check, may allow only select activities
from out of the permitted activities, with
such restrictions as felt necessary.

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