Fruit vendors, security services exempted as Maharashtra amends order

Petrol pumps government and private security services and fruit vendors among others have been added to the list of essential services being exempted from the ambit of the strict curbs that came into force in Maharashtra from Monday night as per the revised guidelinesBesides petrol pumps and petroleumrelated products cargo services data centres cloud service providers IT services supporting critical infrastructure and services will also be considered as essential services in addition to the ones mentioned on Sunday when the restrictions were announcedGuidelines for containment amp management of COVID19 BreakTheChain pictwittercomjVISqUZVQLmdash CMO Maharashtra CMOMaharashtra April 5 2021The strict curbs including a curfew from 8 pm till 7 am and prohibitory orders during the daytime on weekdays came into force from Monday in the stateThe state government had on Sunday announced a weekend lockdown and night curfew during the weekdays from Monday to April 30 in addition to a slew of other restrictions like the closure of private offices theatres and salons to curb the unprecedented surge in COVID19 casesThe weekend lockdown will start from 8 pm on Fridays and last till 7 am on Mondays Besides prohibitory orders will be in force during the daytime on weekdaysMeanwhile organisations like the Securities and Exchange Board of India SEBI offices of the SEBI recognised market infrastructure institutions like stock exchanges depositors clearing corporations and intermediaries registered with the SEBI will be allowed to remain open on all weekdays from 7 am to 8 pm the guidelines issued on Monday saidHowever all the personnel attending these offices will have to get themselves vaccinated at the earliestUntil vaccinated completely these staffers will be required to carry an RTPCR negative report which will remain valid for 15 days This rule will come into effect from April 10 In the absence of the COVID19 negative certificate the offender will be fined Rs 1000Other offices that will be allowed to remain open include RBI regulated entities and intermediaries including standalone primary dealers financial market participants operating in RBI regulated markets all NBFCs microfinance institutions etcOffices of advocates custom house agents licensed multinodal transport operators associated with movement of vaccines lifesaving drugs and pharma products will also be allowed to function the guidelines saidAny student requiring to attend the examination physically will be allowed to travel to the examination centre or back home after 8 pm or on weekends subject to carrying a valid hall ticketPersons arriving or departing by trains buses or flights during the 8 pm to 7 am period or weekends may travel provided they have a valid ticket the guidelines saidOn Sunday the government had announced that except for the essential services shops medical shops and grocery shops all other shops markets and shopping malls will remain shut till April 30It had also announced that all private offices except in banking stock market insurance pharma telecommunication and mediclaim sectors will be shut as part of these restrictionsWork from home is mandatory for private offices except those in local disaster management electricity and water supply the statement had saidGovernment offices except those departments involved in COVID19 management will function at 50 per cent of their capacity it had addedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever