Orders dated 24th March 2020 passed by the National Disaster Management Authority and the Ministry of Home Affairs for taking effective measures to control the spread of COVID 19 while ensuring maintenance of essential services and supplies including health infrastructutre. The Ministry of Home Affairs has issued guidelines for effective implementation of the orders passed by the NDMA to remain in force for a period of 21 days from 25th March 2020.
The guidelines also specify exlcusions/exemptions from the restrictions.with conditions.Excluded establishments, inter alia, include Manufacturing units of essential commodities, private security services. .Production units which require continuous process are permitted to operate after taking permission from the State Government.
The Distrcit Magistrate has been authorised to deploy Executive Magistrates as Incident Commanders for implementation of the preventive measures in their respective jurisdictions.The Incident Commander has been authorised to issue passes to enable essential movements.
NDMA Order
https://bombaychamber.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/24.3.20.1.pdf
MHA Order
https://bombaychamber.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/24.3.20.2.pdf
Ministry of Home Affairs Guidelines
https://bombaychamber.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/24.3.20.3.pdf