New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday that a graded plan to slowly open departments where hotspots are not existing should be made. Addressing the meeting of the Council of Ministers, PM Modi indicated that a graded opening up of the lockdown will be initiated.

"He noted that a graded plan to slowly open departments where hotspots aren't existing should be made, adding that the crisis offers an opportunity to become self-dependent in the medical sector," said a statement from the Prime Minister's Office (PMO).