PM interacts with CMs on ways to strengthen COVID-19 containment strategy, boosting economic activities
PTI, May 11, 2020, 3:45 PM IST
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday, May 11 chaired a fresh round of consultation with chief ministers on ways to strengthen the COVID-19 containment strategy and stepping up of economic activities in a calibrated manner as the 54-day nationwide lockdown nears an end.
The large-scale movement of migrant workers from urban to rural India and the problems their return to home states may cause in restarting the economy will also be among the focus areas during the fifth virtual interaction between the prime minister and chief ministers since the outbreak of the deadly virus in the country.
There will be an effort to ensure that all participating chief ministers get an opportunity to air their views during the interaction, as some of the CMs had a complaint that they were not allowed to put forth their views during the last interaction on April 27.
At a meeting on Sunday with Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba, state chief secretaries told him that “while protection is required from COVID-19, economic activities also need to be stepped up in a calibrated manner”, according to an official statement.
With thousands of migrant workers taking special trains to go back to their home states, the restarting of industrial activities will prove to be a challenge for states though several relaxations have been made in labor laws to increase factory output.
The meet is also likely to discuss efforts to convert ‘red’ zones with high COVID-19 caseload into ‘orange’ or ‘green’ zones.
The prime minister interacted with the chief ministers last on April 27. Days after the meeting, the central government had extended the lockdown by two more weeks till May 17 to arrest the spread of the virus but gave several relaxations in economic activities and movement of people.
The nationwide lockdown has been in force since March 25 to contain the spread of the virus, which has killed more than 2200 people, and afflicted more than 67,000 in the country.
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