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During the live telecast, he also appealed to families to not cut the pay of domestic help. [278] Following the lockdown, the government circulated advisories [279] and directives ordering companies to keep paying employees among other things. [280] [281] The Ministry of Finance issued an Office Memorandum on 23 March 2020: [281] [282]
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit Europe, much of Europe's investment had been high, but it had unexpectedly slowed. In 2019, overall investment in the European Union increased by about 3% over the previous year, surpassing growth in real GDP. [41] Investment, like other economic activity, fell drastically as a direct result of lockdown restrictions.
Empty roads during the lockdown in Vadodara, Gujarat. On 22 March, the Government of India announced complete lockdown in 82 districts in 22 states and the Union Territories of the country where confirmed cases were reported. [33] 80 cities including Delhi, Bengaluru, Chennai, Mumbai, [34] Chandigarh [35] and Kolkata were put under lockdown. [36]
A stay-at-home order, safer-at-home order, movement control order – also referred to by loose use of the terms quarantine, isolation, or lockdown – is an order from a government authority that restricts movements of a population as a mass quarantine strategy for suppressing or mitigating an epidemic or pandemic by ordering residents to stay home except for essential tasks or for work in ...
All borders of the country are closed during the lockdown, except for designated ports of entry for the transportation of fuel, cargo, and goods. [ 293 ] International and domestic passenger flights are prohibited, except for flights authorised by the Ministry of Transport, for the evacuation of South African nationals in foreign countries, and ...
Lamp lighting observed on 5 April 2020 during lockdown On 5 April, citizens all over India cheered and showed solidarity with the health workers, police, and all those fighting the disease by switching off the electric lights at home for 9 minutes from 9:00 p.m. to 9:09 p.m. and observed lighting diya , candle ; and flashing torchlight and ...
Many migrant workers expressed a fear of returning to their old jobs in the cities, after facing unemployment during the lockdown. [ 104 ] [ 105 ] Companies reported labour shortages from mid-April. Estimates state that this would last for at least another six months.
During the coronavirus pandemic in India, the lockdown, and an existing slowdown in the growth of the domestic economy and the economic impact of the pandemic, the government issued an adapted idea of self-reliance. [17] On 12 May 2020, Prime Minister Modi publicly used the Hindi phrase for the first time when he said; [3] (trans.) "The state ...