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The orders were issued by the Interior Ministry on Tuesday night after receiving some inquiries regarding service exemptions and specific activities allowed through the guidelines issued so far.
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The Interior Ministry also said that bread factories and flour mills located in urban areas can restart operations during the ongoing blockade to combat the new coronavirus outbreak.
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Stores selling student educational books and electric fans may open during the shutdown, which is scheduled to end on May 3.
Bedside aides and caregivers of older people residing in their homes and utilities, including charging facilities for the prepaid mobile connection, will be able to offer services, the ministry said in its order.
Food processing units, such as bread factories, milk processing plants, flour mills, dal mills, etc., located in urban areas, may operate during closure.
Export or import facilities such as packing houses, seed and horticultural products inspection and treatment facilities, research establishments dealing with agricultural and horticultural activities have been exempt from the scope of the blockade.
The inter and intra-state movement of planting materials and colonies of honey bees, honey and other hive products may also work, according to the order.
Forest offices, forest plantations and related activities, including forestry operations, are permitted during closure.
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However, the ministry made it clear that social distancing of offices, workshops, factories and establishments must be guaranteed.
The Ministry of the Interior also allowed the login and logout of Indian seafarers in Indian ports and their movement for the above mentioned purpose according to a standard operating protocol (SOP).
He said that the change of crew of a ship (seafarers) is an important measure for the operation of merchant ships.
The SOP has been formulated to simplify the login and logout of Indian seafarers in Indian ports for merchant ships, the ministry added.
For the login, the boat owner or Recruitment and Placement Service (RPS) agency will identify Indian seafarers to join a boat.
Seafarers will email their travel history and contacts for the last 28 days to the ship owner or the RPS agency, according to the procedure established by the General Director of Shipping (DGS).
The seafarer would be examined by a medical examiner approved by the DGS, according to the guidelines prescribed for this purpose.
At the same time, the seafarer will be examined and his travel and contact history for the last 28 days will be examined; Seafarers who are asymptomatic for Covid-19 and who are otherwise suitable can be processed for login.
The local authority in the area where the seafarers reside will be disclosed about their authorization to register and issue a transit pass from the place of residence to the place of embarkation on the shipping vessel.
The government of the state or territory of the Union where seafarers reside may issue the transit pass for such road movement, for seafarers and a driver.
To close the session, the captain of a vessel, coming from any foreign port, or a coastal vessel from any Indian port, while arriving at his port of call in India, must determine the state of health of each person aboard the ship and submit a Declaration of Maritime Health to the port health authorities and port authorities.
In addition, the information required by the local health authorities of the port, such as the temperature graph, the individual health declaration, etc., must also be provided by the captain according to the directives of the port health authorities.
The port health authorities will grant practices to the ship before docking according to the necessary health protocols.
The Indian sailor arriving on the ship will undergo the COVID-19 test to confirm that he is negative for the infection.
After disembarking and until such time as the seafarers arrive at the test facility within the port facilities, the ship owner will ensure that all safety precautions are observed in accordance with standard health protocol.
Until test reports are received from seafarers, the port or state health authorities will keep them in the quarantine facility.
If the seafarer is proven to be positive for Covid-19, he will be treated according to the procedures established by the Ministry of Health.
For seafarers who were negative and signed, the local authority in the area where the seafarers disembark will realize their authorization for the signature and for the issuance of a transit pass from the place of disembarkation to the place of your shipment. your residence
Social distancing and other hygiene rules, according to the standard health protocol, would be followed by the vehicle that would transport seafarers to their destination.
The blockade was first announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on March 24 in an attempt to combat the coronavirus pandemic. Later it was extended until May 3.
