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ABOUT THIS REPORT
The Government of Rajasthan has taken very stringent steps to enforce statewide lockdown to
contain the spread of COVID-19 pandemic. It has worked closely with the Government of India
to contain the spread through vigorous screening and quarantine of the infected persons and
their contacts. The protocol followed to rapidly contain the explosive spread of contagion in
district Bhilwara is now globally acknowledged as best practice.
However, the state government recognizes the danger of complete shutdown of economic
activities, which could result in the total collapse of the economy resulting in large-scale
disruption in livelihoods, and far worse, spread of hunger and starvation.
To minimize the impact on people, the State Government has undertaken measures to
maintain the supply chain of essential commodities, provide support in cash and kind to the
weak and vulnerable. However, a very coherent and comprehensive plan is required, with the
full backing of the Government of India to restart economic activities and alleviate the suffering
of the masses.
This report, therefore, lays emphasis on the need to synergize efforts of the state and the
central government in meeting the economic challenge in a substantial measure. It then lays
out a comprehensive strategy to restart economic activities in the state of Rajasthan. This is
enunciated in four sections Section 1 deals with economic impact of COVID-19 and measures
to contain it, Section 2 contains broad framework on which economic strategy is developed,
Section 3 entails sectoral strategy and Section 4 contains other steps that the Government
may take to generate confidence in economy and its revival plan.
The members of the Task Force MessrsArvindMayaram, Economic Advisor to Chief Minister
and Vice Chairman, CM’s Rajasthan Economic Transformation Advisory Council; Govind
Sharma, Advisor to Chief Minister; Subodh Agarwal, Additional Chief Secretary, Industries;
Niranjan Arya, Additional Chief Secretary, Finance; Abhay Kumar, Principal Secretary, Plan;
Akhil Arora, Principal Secretary, Social Justice & Empowerment; Naresh Pal Gangwar,
Principal Secretary, Agriculture; SreyaGuha, Principal Secretary, Tourism, Art & Culture
MugdhaSinha, Principal Secretary, Science & Technology; and Rajesh Sharma, Secretary,
Animal Husbandry provided invaluable input. DrRathin Roy, Director, National Institute of
Public Finance, who was also co-opted as members of the Task Force provided great insights
into macro-economic issues and greatly contributed in the writing of the report.
MessrsMunshi Singh Rajput, B.L. Bairwa, C.P. Mandawariya and other officers of the
Department of Plan, Government of Rajasthan, and MessrsAbhishek Kumar, partner, indicc
associates and Manish Gupta, Assistant Professor, NIPFP provided support in putting the
report together.
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List of experts and organizations whose suggestions were taken as inputs
1. Individual Experts
Dr. Raghuram G. Rajan, former Governor RBI and Professor of Finance, University of
Chicago Booth School of Business
Dr. KaushikBasu, former Chief Economic Advisor of India and Professor of Economics
and International Studies,Cornell University
Dr. Urjit Patel, Former Governor, Reserve Bank of India
Dr. Ashok Gulati, Infosys Chair Professor for Agriculture, Indian Council for Research on
International Economic Relations (ICRIER), New Delhi
Shri Saurabh Chandra, former Petroleum Secretary of India
Shri Anil Agarwal, Chairman, Vedanta Resources Limited
Ms NainaLalKidwai, Chairman,India Advisory Board, Advent Private Equity
Shri Navaid Khan, former CEO Airtel and Group Advisor to ABC Consultants
Shri Vikram Singh Mehta, Chairman - Brookings India
Prof. Errol D'souza, Director, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.
Shri Pradeep S. Mehta, Secretary General, CUTS International
Prof. Sebastian Morris, Professor, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
Shri Mangu Singh, Managing Director, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation.
Dr. Govind Sharma, former Finance Secretary of Rajasthan and Adviser to Chief Minister
of Rajasthan
Shri T. Vijay Kumar, former Special Chief Secretary, Andhra Pradesh and Adviser to
Government of Andhra Pradesh
Ms Faith Singh, Founder, Rajasthan Rural Arts Programme (RRAP)
Ms Nandita Das, Actor and Social Activist
Dr. Jyotindra Jain, Indian Art and Cultural Historian and Museologist
Dr Edward Dickinson, Co-founder, Amber Initiative for Responsible Tourism & Sustainable
Development
Shri Faisal Farooqui, Chief Executive Officer, MouthShut.com
Shri RijitSengupta, Chief Executive Officer, Centre for Responsible Business (CRB), New
Delhi
Shri Vipin Sharma, CEO, ACCESS Development Services
Shri VedArya, Director, Buddha Fellowship Program, SRIJAN
Shri Aromar Ravi, Director, Indian Institute for Human Settlement
Mani Gupta, Partner, Sarthak Advocates & Solicitors
2. Departments of Government of Rajasthan
Tourism
Agriculture
Industries
Animal Husbandry, Dairy and Fisheries
Information Technology and Communication
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3. Other Organisations
FICCI
Assocham
Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)
Federation of Rajasthan Handicraft Exporters (FORHEX)
Skoch Group
KPMG
McKinsey& Company
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ACTION PLAN OF THE TASK FORCE ON RESTARTING THE ECONOMY
SECTION 1
Economic Impact of COVID-19 and measures to contain
The Government of Rajasthan has taken very stringent steps to enforce state wide lockdown
to contain the spread of COVID-19 pandemic. It has worked closely with the Government of
India to contain the spread through vigorous screening and quarantine of the infected persons
and their contacts. The protocol followed to rapidly contain the explosive spread of contagion
in district Bhilwara is now globally acknowledged as best practice. However, the State
Government recognizes the danger of complete shutdown of economic activitiy, which could
result in the total collapse of the economy resulting in large scale disruption in livelihoods, and
far worse, spread of hunger and starvation. To minimize the impact on people, the State
Government has undertaken measures to maintain the supply chain of essential commodities,
provide support in cash and kind to the weak and vulnerable. However, a very coherent and
comprehensive plan is required, with the full backing of the Government of India to restart
economic activities and alleviate the suffering of the masses.
The pandemic has a pan-economic effect since the measures to contain it require that
production and exchange of goods and services be curtailed. As a consequence, consumption
is curtailed. Since it is global, foreign trade is also curtailed.
At the macroeconomic level, GDP growth will decline, estimates range between 2 to (-3) per
cent decline in real growth for India in FY21. There will be consequent trend decline in
Rajasthan’s SGDP. This decline will happen because three of the four drivers of growth will
see a huge negative shock in the first half of the year.
Private consumption expenditure is declining because, without intervention, a combination of
collapsing demand (transport, construction, freight and logistics, and informal repair and
personal services) and the knock on effect on purchasing power and supply restrictions on
availability to meet demand (telecommunications, power, chemicals, consumer and retail).
This collapse in demand leads to a fall in payments to workers and to returns on capital
employed creating a further negative second order effect.
When consumption demand falls, then investment demand also falls.
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As export demand falls, demand for imports also falls and with a more or less global lockdown,
foreign trade shrinks.
A nationwide lockdown further accentuates this. India ceases to be a single market and, with
districts sealed, even States cease to be single markets. So, even if output is available in one
place, and demand in another place, the output cannot be moved to meet the demand,
causing losses to both the producer and the consumer. For instance, Rajasthan’s fish and
poultry output is going to waste because access to main markets in other states is blocked.
Fish sales in Delhi have fallen because there is no fish. Fish sales in Rajasthan have fallen
because there is no access to the demand in Delhi.
Finance is the means by which production meets consumer demand. People offer their labour
to firms which buy labour and capital and sell to consumers. These exchanges require
financial flows. When demand falls and supply is unable to fund demand, then there is a loss
in national income and national wealth. When national wealth is destroyed, then the country
loses the economic muscle power to grow when the crisis has passed, unless finance is
harnessed to minimise this effect.
A temporary lockdown can have a permanent negative impact. In India, this is especially true
of agriculture, animal husbandry, fishing and the service sector. Their output is highly
perishable and, in the case of agriculture, tied to a seasonal calendar.
A national strategy to minimise the impact of coronavirus on the economy must therefore
counter the above negative effects. While State governments, the private sector, community
organisations, and the international community, all have important roles to play in minimising
the economic impact of the pandemic and containment measures, there are key actions that
need to be taken by the Government of India, without which the response of all other
stakeholders becomes much less effective. Therefore, apart from instructing and directing the
efforts of other players, the Government of India must also step up to the plate and take
concrete measures which are only within its powers to do:
(1) Prepare a costed national plan to acquire the medical resources needed to fight the incidence
of COVD 19- drugs, testing kits, safety equipment. Announce a concrete timetable that
specifies when and in what quantity these resources will be available. Liaise with the States to
make sure that these resources reach point of use. Communicate clearly and transparently the
likely situation over the next three months.
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(2) Protect national wealth and national capital by providing income support at scale to organised
and unorganised industry/services and MSMEs, using public resources, largely through the
state governments.
(3) Ensure that there are no bottlenecks in the movement of imports and exports to and from
land/sea/airports.
(4) Manage the current account to maintain external stability.
(5) Recognize that other than the above, the responsibility for alleviating the sectoral impact of the
COVID crisis rests with the state governments and announce a comprehensive list of facilitator
measures that GOI will take to:
Ramp up interstate movements of goods and services at request of state governments and
work out a social distancing compatible plan to use rail road and sea transport to facilitate this.
Also issue an inter-state supply chain movement protocol for Road transport.
Suspend the approvals processes for transfer of CSS/CS funds to the States and transfer all
budgeted amounts rapidly.
Develop a clear plan for the use of the armed forces in improving the logistics supply chain,
when necessary.
Place all railway, health, education and other major central government assets at the disposal
of the state governments, where these assets are located for repurposing to fight the
pandemic, maintain supply chains and facilitate economic activity by adding to residential, and
transactional space, as required.
Suspend for the next one-year requirement of any prior approval under any central law to set
up any industry or service, except those in the red category under pollution control laws,
including inspections by officials, on lines of the Rajasthan MSME (Facilitation Act) 2019.
The most important and urgent action the Central government can take is to ensure that
finances are directed to maintain economic activities. In the realm of private finance, there are
a number of actions that can be taken to smooth liquidity, ensure the stability of last mile
financial institutions including NBFCs and MFIs and to keep the public sector banking system
and the cash economy running. But the most significant impact that the GOI can have on
fighting the economic downturn rests in this co-ordinated use of fiscal and monetary policy
which only GOI can do as it has vested sovereign powers. But it must recognise that the
frontline battle, where resources are urgently required, is at the state level. Therefore, in the
spirit of co-operative federalism, states should be trusted with untied resources.
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To increase the pipeline of public financing GOI can immediately take the following measures:
(1) Recognising the considerable amount of unspent balances in different central government
heads (CAG and other estimates make this as much as Rs. 1 trillion), launch a plan to
mobilise these over the next six months. Simultaneously open an incremental interest free
WMA window which can be used to finance incremental expenditures at GOI level
(2) The interest paid on WMA by GOI does not matter as it can come back to GOI as dividends
from RBI. However, interest paid by the states on WMA is a net loss to the states as they do
not get any dividend from RBI. Therefore, immediately open a RS one lakh crore interest free
WMA window that states can access using a simple criterion like population share, to begin
with. This window may be accessed by states after they have exhausted their existing WMA
limits. Take this bold action through executive decision and do not appoint committees to
ponder the matter in this crisis moment
(3) Make available a Rs 1 Lakh crore general purpose grant window for the State which can be
immediately transferred using the same criterion. This Rs 1 lakh crore will constitute an upper
limit on total grant financing to states until such time as the Centre resorts to financing the
deficit through monetisation.
(4) Loan financing: Over and above planned fiscal deficit levels there will be need for considerable
resource mobilisation. A COVID specific debt mobilisation plan should be placed in the public
domain. Economists expect that approximately 4 per cent of GDP can to be mobilised. The
Centre should take the full responsibility for mobilising these debt resources since, as the
sovereign, it can do so at the lowest cost and shortest period of time. These resources should
be on lent to states and a staggered repayment schedule should be published with
repayments commencing from FY 2023.
(5) For immediate relief, Government of India and RBI should work together for the latter to
reschedule and defer all repayments and interest on SDLs, for a period of three months. This
should be a genuine moratorium and no interest or penalties should be levied when the
moratorium ends.
(6) If the deficit is financed through monetisation as a last resort then the states should receive 42
per cent of such monetisation as a further grant, distributed using the following criteria: with
equal weights to (a)population, and (b)extent of pandemic spread.
Rajasthan is ready with its battle plan to mitigate and eradicate the COVID pandemic and its
negative economic fallout and will work shoulder to shoulder with Government of India, other
states, the private sector and community organizations. The State Government understands
the magnitude of the economic challenge and are resolved to address it. It looks to the
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Government of India to do its part as a sovereign: to maintain India as a single market,
address global economic and trade issues, maintain the national supply chain and provide
financial liquidity to the private sector. Most important, it expects the Government of India to
use its sovereign fiscal powers to ensure that states have fiscal resources to address the
challenge, as the frontline in this common fight. The State Government would resolve to
ensure that resources are used efficiently and effectively for the purposes intended and will set
up a resource monitoring mechanism to maximize the precision effectiveness and efficiency of
its spending transparently. Demonstrated fiscal prudence in public spending, rather than
business as usual macro-metrics, are what will give confidence to the people and global
economic player that that fiscal efforts are yielding results. Working together, the economic
challenge can be met in substantial measure. In the next sections, a comprehensive strategy
to restart economic activities is elaborated upon.
SECTION II
1. THE PROBLEM
It is now clear that the lockdown cannot be completely lifted but continuing with a statewide
lockdown at the current scale is neither feasible not desirable. Economy and health have to be
balanced or India may not have an economy to go back to. Past experiences, whether from
Bengal Famine in 1943 or Chinese Famine in 1958, are apt examples of policy missteps that
caused greater harm and loss of human lives than the famine itself.
According to the International Labour Organization (ILO), "India, with a share of almost 90 per
cent of people working in the informal economy i.e. about 400 million workers, is at risk of
falling deeper into poverty during the crisis.” The latest CMIE report on job destruction due to
COVID-19 is also quite revealing and states that about 12 crore Indians have already lost
employment over the first lockdown. Rajasthan would reflect these numbers proportionately.
While 8% of employment is provided by the organised sector more than 80% of livelihoods are
in the non-formal sector. Whereas, the organised sector may have retained some workforce
on full or reduced salaries, it is also true that a large number of persons have lost livelihoods
during the three-week lockdown in the state.
As already diminished demand in the economy gets further eroded, industries, especially
MSMEs, and services, will be staring at bankruptcies and shut down.
Large industries would prefer to shut down production and save on labour and running costs
considering the fact that there would very little demand for their product.
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Industries in Rajasthan, which are largely based on resources like cement and zinc, are more
vulnerable to demand destruction.
This is also eroding the tax base, especially the indirect taxes majorly for all the state
governments including Rajasthan, further reducing their capacity to take economic measures
to counter COVID effect.
2. OVERALL OBJECTIVE:
Restart economic activities while maintaining some restrictions on crowding and social mixing.
2.1 TASK 1: IDENTIFY PRIORITY ACTIVITIES AND RESTART CONSISTENT WITH
NECESSARY RESTRICTIONS ON MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE AND VEHICLES
Restart wholesale and retail supply chains
Commence in a limited manner mining and industrial operations where feasible
Intensify Rabi crop cutting and functioning of mandis as well as preparation for the
Kharif season to the maximum extent feasible
Commence retail activities in a restricted form to allow the last mile supply chains -
from producer and distributor to the customer- This will both increase the reliability of
supply and the quantum of aggregate demand to do this consistent with social
distancing is a complex challenge but it will have to be overcome. The lazy option—to
keep most retail activities shut- will only magnify economic distress and social unrest
going forward
Commence interstate and intrastate goods transport in a regulated manner for
maintaining supply chains and preventing large scale shortages.
2.2 TASK 2: RAMP UP STATE’S FISCAL CAPACITY
The state government does not have the resources to be able to feed people who are
out of jobs or have lost livelihoods for much longer due to financial constraints.
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The central government has also not come up with a big stimulus programme that
could provide some financial relief to the states to deal with prolonged complete
lockdown.
Once economic activities start, and are scaled up in a phased manner, large number
of persons who are out of livelihoods will once again start earning and spending,
creating a virtuous circularity to the economy, weak at first but stronger over time. This
will both increase revenues and limit demands on public expenditure.
3. CALIBRATING THE LOCKDOWN
Calibrated lifting of lockdown would have to be determined by the pattern of spread of contagion in the
district. Robust data is now available on the spread of the contagion geographically in the state. It is
also granular, hot spots and emerging hot spots can be mapped on real time basis. Therefore, the
hotspots can also be narrowed down to particular areas within a district. On the basis of the available
data, the districts can be divided into three categories.
3.1 RED Category Districts (Stage 3 Lockdown)- Districts with more than 5 cases.
If the concentration of the cases is in an urban area with the rural areas untouched by it, the
hotspot can be narrowed down to the urban centre in the district.
In such a district, the Collector should be declared as District Enforcement Officer with
extraordinary powers to direct officers and staff of all state government departments to direct
all efforts at control of the spread of the contagion and maintaining supply of essential items. It
is important not to divide the authority of the Collector, irrespective of his inter-se seniority
with officers of other departments.
If there is no fresh case continuously for fifteen days, the district can be downgraded to the
next below category.
At present from a total of 33 districts in the state there are 14 districts with more than 5 cases
(Please refer to Annexure 1for a district snap shot andAnnexure 2 for Data Analysis on spread
of COVID -19 in Rajasthan) and would fall in the category of Red Category. If out of these districts
there is any district where there has been no fresh case for the last fifteen days and recovery rate is
increasing, such districts could also be downgraded.
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Restrictions:
Complete lockdown of the areas that have developed as a hotspot, with total restrictions on
movement of people.
District Enforcement Officer (Collector) should appoint Area Officers over a population group
of 5000 to oversee the logistics of ensuring supply of essential items, including vegetables and
medicines.
Within the lockdown area, BPL families and registered workers/MGNREGA families (till start of
works) will be provided with a monthly stipend equivalent to minimum wages for a period of up
to three months beyond the lifting of the lockdown. (This is the estimated time required for
them to find employment or start their livelihoods once again.)
Release some resources from the other category districts to focus maximum relief efforts and
treatment resources in such hotspots.
Antibody testing could also start when available to assess herd immunity in these areas.
Pedal rickshaws and auto rickshaws with one passenger and two wheelers without
accompanying passenger could be allowed from point to point.
Restricted movement of three wheeler pickups for creating wholesale to retail supply chains at
designated times to be allowed outside the hotspot areas.
Retail shops, with regulated movement of customers maintaining the social distancing norms
will open outside hotspot areas. The onus of ensuring this would be on the shopkeepers with a
penalty on the defaulters.
In any area, fifty percent of the shops, preferably not adjacent ones, may be allowed to be
opened on alternate days. These should include all types of shops and not only the ones
supplying essential items.
3.2 ORANGE Category Districts(Stage 2 Lockdown)
All districts where there are 5 or less cases but at least 1 on April 14. At present there are 11
districts in this category.(Please refer to Annexure 1).
Hotspots would be identified if evidence demands, to narrow down the area where contagion
could spread. In case cases are random and proper quarantine has been imposed on them
and their contacts, the other areas could resume economic activities with certain restrictions
restriction on movement of vehicles within the district.
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Pedal rickshaws and auto rickshaws with one passenger and two wheelers without
accompanying passing could be allowed from point to point.
Restricted movement of three wheeler pickups for creating wholesale to retail supply chains as
designated times allowed outside the hotspot areas.
Retail shops, with regulated movement of customers maintaining the social distancing norms
will open. The onus of ensuring this could be on the shopkeepers with a penalty on the
defaulters.
In any area outside the hotspot/quarantine zone, shops may be allowed to be opened. These
should include all types of shops and not only the ones supplying essential items.
3.3 Green Category Districts(Stage 1 Lockdown)
Districts that have zero cases would be placed in this category. At present there are 9 districts in
this category.
The borders of the district would remain sealed for movement of passengers from outside
except with permission from the Collector (to ensure that no infected person travels to the
district from other areas). It is understood that there would still be some movement of people
from one district to the other through unconventional routes, but the effort would be to
minimise it. It must be noted that such movement happens even when there is a complete
lockdown in the entire state.
Inter-district/inter-state movement of goods transport will be allowed with adequate
precautions like screening of the drivers and the accompanying staff at the borders. To avoid
over-stretching of the resources, only certain routes may be identified by the district
administration to allow inter-district/inter-state movement.
Within the district all economic activities including movement of people can commence. These
include functioning of the mandis and resumption of industrial and mining activities.
General precaution regarding social distancing, wearing of cloth masks and personal hygiene
should be followed diligently.
Places of leisure, including parks, lakes, tourist sites, places of shopping and entertainment
certified by the district administration as social distancing compliant can be restarted with
restrictions. For instance, restaurants could function with 50% covers and adequate distancing
between the tables. Restriction on number of persons using these places could also be
imposed.
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MC
may a
lso b
e
consid
ere
d s
tart
ing
imm
edia
tely
and for
a
period o
f six
month
to
1 y
ear
and the r
esults
may b
e e
valu
ate
d t
o
decid
e if
the s
am
e
should
continue.
FC
I should
be a
ctive
for
expeditio
us
pro
cure
ment
Enable
FP
Os a
nd
farm
ers
to tra
de o
n E
-N
am
.
Dairy,
Anim
al
Husbandry
, M
eat,
P
oultry
, Liv
esto
ck
pro
duction
Barm
er,
D
ausa,
Raja
sam
and,
Jaip
ur,
Alw
ar,
A
jmer,
B
ikaner,
Kota
, S
aw
ai
Madhopur
and o
ther
dis
tric
ts
(Alm
ost all
dis
tric
ts)
Full
opera
tions e
xcept in
hots
pot are
as. In
tra a
nd inte
r dis
tric
t m
ovem
ent
should
be r
estr
ain
ed a
s m
uch a
s
possib
le.
All
sale
and p
lant
units to m
ain
tain
socia
l dis
tancin
g
and h
yg
iene s
tandard
s u
nder
Food S
afe
ty A
ct
and a
s
per
SO
Ps for
CO
VID
E
ffort
s t
o b
e m
ade to p
roduce a
nd p
rocess m
ore
q
uantity
of
milk
and a
dditio
nal R
s 2
per
litre
to b
e
pro
vid
ed b
y t
he s
tate
on top o
f usual pro
cure
price
under
CM
Doodh S
am
bal Y
ojn
a
RC
DF
to m
ake s
mall
consum
er
packs o
f m
ilk a
nd m
ilk
pow
der
to b
e s
old
thro
ugh P
DS
outlets
. G
overn
ment
may t
hin
k o
f dis
trib
uting the s
am
e t
o the n
eedy.
Arm
ed f
orc
es to b
e a
ppro
ached f
or
bulk
pro
cure
ment
Feed a
nd F
odder
for
poultry
and c
att
le to b
e a
llow
ed
Sam
e a
s
RE
D
Full
opera
tions
with g
enera
l pre
cautions a
nd
inte
r dis
tric
t m
ovem
ents
Estim
ation o
f dem
and
in e
ach o
f th
e d
istr
icts
. E
nsuring t
hat
enoug
h
pro
duction is f
irst
ensure
d in e
ach o
f th
e
dis
tric
ts t
o m
eet th
e
exis
ting
local dem
and,
so t
hat re
liance o
n
inte
r-dis
tric
t im
port
s is
min
imal.
Export
pro
motion for
good q
ualit
y
pro
duction c
entr
es.
Active invo
lvem
ent
of
vete
rinary
expert
s in
contr
olli
ng o
utb
reak o
n
any d
isease in t
he
14
with s
tric
t pre
cautions w
ithin
and a
cro
ss d
istr
icts
C
att
le feed p
roduced fro
m food p
rocessin
g p
lants
to
be a
llow
ed f
or
bein
g tra
nsport
ed t
o m
ark
ets
, upon
conditio
ns p
rescribed u
nder
SoP
s.
livesto
ck.
Imple
menta
tion o
f S
oP
s w
ith r
eg
ard
s t
o
transport
ation a
nd
log
istics s
erv
ices.
Dem
and for
meat,
poultry
etc
declin
ed
due t
o a
perc
eption
that it is lin
ked t
o
CO
VID
-19.
An
aw
are
ness c
am
paig
n
should
be u
ndert
aken
to c
ounte
r th
at.
Fis
heries
Bîk
aner
r, J
aip
ur,
Jodhpur,
K
ota
, A
jmer,
B
hara
tpur,
U
daip
ur
Suspended o
pera
tions a
s m
ark
et
linkag
e to p
rom
inent
mark
ets
would
be d
isru
pte
d.
Suspended
opera
tions
as m
ark
et
linkag
e to
pro
min
ent
mark
ets
w
ou
ld b
e
dis
rupte
d
except
in t
he
case o
f la
rge
contr
acto
rs
who a
re a
ble
to
cre
ate
pond t
o
mark
et
linkag
es.
Lim
ited o
pera
tions
as m
ark
et
linkag
e
to p
rom
inent
mark
ets
would
be
dis
rupte
d, except
in t
he c
ase o
f la
rge c
ontr
acto
rs
who a
re a
ble
to
cre
ate
pond to
mark
et
linkag
es
Mandato
ry n
o
fishin
g s
eason
from
June t
o
Aug
ust to
be
reduced to o
ffset
the losses b
y f
ish
farm
ers
, if n
eed
be.
Fis
h f
eed a
nd
seeds a
re t
o b
e
Depart
ment of
Fis
heries t
o e
nsure
th
at hyg
iene c
oncern
s
in t
he log
istics s
upply
-chain
of
fishery
pro
duction fro
m
Raja
sth
an a
re b
ein
g
taken c
are
of.
Reefe
r-vehic
les,
transport
ation s
erv
ices
should
be r
eg
ula
ted b
y
the s
tate
for
makin
g
sure
that q
ualit
y/s
afe
ty
consid
era
tions a
re
met. S
elf-
reg
ula
tion/s
elf-
cert
ific
ation s
hould
be
the long
-tern
goal.
15
made a
vaila
ble
and q
ualit
y c
heck
sta
ndard
s n
eed t
o
be d
ete
rmin
ed a
nd
str
ictly
imple
mente
d.
Pro
vis
ions f
or
relie
f to
fis
h
farm
ers
/laboure
rs
during
unfo
reseeable
econom
ic
circum
sta
nces lik
e
this
lockdow
n,
to
be incorp
ora
ted
into
exis
ting
re
gula
tions.
Ice facto
ries
should
be k
ept
opera
tional to
re
duce the
perishabili
ty o
f fish.
Seco
nd
ary
Secto
r (M
an
ufa
ctu
rin
g)
for
Larg
e-S
cale
En
terp
rises
No
te:
Custo
mis
ed S
oP
to b
e p
repare
d b
y t
he c
oncern
ed d
epart
ments
in c
onsultation w
ith N
GO
s a
nd o
ther
rele
vant
org
anis
ations.
Food-
pro
cessin
g
Bhilw
ara
, C
hitto
rgarh
, B
answ
ara
(M
aiz
e),
Jaip
ur,
Sri
Gang
anag
ar,
K
ota
(W
heat)
, A
lwar,
B
hara
tpur
(Oil
Pro
cessin
g),
S
ikar,
B
answ
ara
(Fru
i
Full
opera
tions in a
uto
mate
d p
lants
to b
e a
llow
ed
only
with local/household
labour
on t
he c
onditio
n that
they a
re n
eg
atively
teste
d f
or
Covid
-19.
Tra
nsport
ation to b
e lim
ited t
o e
ssential supplie
s fro
m
pro
cessin
g p
lants
to F
CI g
odow
ns f
or
PD
S s
upply
w
ithin
the d
istr
ict only
. T
ransport
ation o
f oth
er
pro
duces fro
m p
rocessin
g
pla
nts
to b
e a
llow
ed f
or
keepin
g the c
ircula
r flow
of
Full
opera
tions
in a
uto
mate
d
pla
nts
to b
e
allo
wed o
nly
w
ith
local/household
la
bour
on the
conditio
n t
hat
they a
re
neg
atively
te
ste
d f
or
Covid
-19.
Full
opera
tions
can b
e a
llow
ed in
all
pla
nts
where
em
plo
ym
ent
inte
nsity is
consid
era
bly
lo
w.
(Benchm
ark
s
can b
e s
et up b
y
the D
epart
ment
of
Food
Pro
cessin
g)
For
achie
vin
g the
econom
ic v
iabili
ty,
supply
-sid
e
constr
ain
ts to b
e
rem
oved.
Raw
mate
rial
reg
ime to b
e
sim
plif
ied a
nd
direct
linkag
e
betw
een p
roducers
and p
rocessors
to 1
6
ts a
nd
Veg
eta
ble
s)
etc
supply
-chain
inta
ct. F
or
e.g
., r
ice m
illin
g p
roduces
bra
n a
s a
secondary
outp
ut, w
hic
h is a
key ingre
die
nt
for
oil
mill
ing
industr
y.
Lim
ited inte
r-dis
tric
t tr
ansport
ation
for
essential
and o
ther
food
pro
cessin
g
outp
uts
aft
er
the p
re-d
ecid
ed
sta
ndard
s a
re
met. T
his
can
be e
nsure
d
thro
ug
h s
elf-
cert
ific
ation.
Sam
e a
s in
ora
ng
e d
istr
icts
. be e
nsure
d,
pre
fera
bly
thro
ug
h
dig
ital tr
ansactions.
Actu
al
transport
ation o
f ra
w m
ate
rial and
pro
cessed f
ood
item
s s
hould
be
reg
ula
ted b
y
concern
ed
auth
orities f
or
qualit
y
consid
era
tions.
For
seasonal
ente
rprises, pow
er
tariff
s s
hould
only
be c
harg
ed f
or
the
period o
f tim
e in
wh
ich t
he
ente
rprises a
re
opera
tional. T
his
in
clu
des b
oth
fix
ed
and e
nerg
y
charg
es.
Textile
s a
nd
Appare
l B
hilw
ara
, Jaip
ur,
Kota
, B
answ
ara
, U
daip
ur,
C
hitto
rgarh
and o
ther
dis
tric
ts.
Depart
ment of
textile
s t
o c
om
e u
p w
ith b
enchm
ark
s
of
em
plo
ym
ent
inte
nsity o
n t
he b
asis
of
auto
mation
leve
ls.
Full
opera
tions if
low
em
plo
ym
ent
inte
nsity,
i.e. le
sser
num
ber
of
work
ers
on the f
acto
ry f
loor
per
unit a
rea.
Ord
er
of
em
plo
ym
ent
inte
nsity:
Spin
nin
g<
Weavin
g<
Pro
cessin
g<
Garm
enting
. In
terc
ity a
nd inte
rsta
te m
ovem
ent
need t
o b
e
resum
ed
Sam
e a
s R
ED
except
where
th
e Industr
ial
unit c
an h
ouse
the w
ork
ers
in
its f
acto
ry
pre
mis
es o
r D
esig
nate
d
are
as, ta
kin
g
care
of th
eir
Accom
modatio
n,
basic
needs,
Safe
ty &
m
edic
al care
Full
opera
tions
with p
roper
socia
l dis
tancin
g
pro
tocols
and
oth
er
SoP
s b
ein
g
met.
Focus o
n s
tructu
ral
issues o
f th
e s
ecto
r to
stim
ula
te
econom
ic d
em
and.
Raw
mate
rial price-
rationalis
ation a
t in
tern
ational le
vels
. R
ela
xed n
orm
s for
Open
Access/C
apex
route
for
pow
er
supply
.
17
Min
es a
nd
min
era
ls
Bhilw
ara
,Ajm
er,
Rajs
am
and,
Udaip
ur
(Lead-z
inc-
silv
er
meta
ls),
A
jmer,
B
answ
ara
, S
ikar
(Ura
niu
m),
Jhunjh
unu,
Bhilw
ara
, S
irohi
(Copper)
Essential M
inin
g (
Cate
ring t
o F
ood, H
ealth C
are
, and
FM
CG
Industr
y):
Allo
we
d o
n a
case t
o c
ase b
asis
, appro
ved b
y t
he D
istr
ict C
olle
cto
r w
ith s
tric
t socia
l dis
tancin
g a
nd s
tric
t C
OV
ID p
roto
cols
(S
OP
s).
O
pera
tions w
ell
dis
tanced (
>50 K
M)
from
the h
ots
pot
epic
entr
e m
ay b
e c
onsid
ere
d. E
mplo
yers
need t
o
ensure
labour/
work
ers
fro
m infe
cte
d a
reas
(Vill
ag
es/T
ehsil)
are
not allo
wed o
n t
he p
rem
ise. Lis
t to
be issued b
y c
olle
cto
r’s o
ffic
e fro
m tim
e t
o t
ime.
Non-E
ssential M
inin
g:
Dim
ensio
n S
tone,
Constr
uction S
tone,
Sand,
etc
– N
ot
allo
wed
S
upport
to t
he m
inin
g industr
y,
aim
ed a
t m
inim
izin
g
em
plo
ym
ent
losses,
and e
asin
g o
ut
liquid
ity c
runch,
can e
xplo
red b
y m
easure
s s
uch a
s r
ela
xation in
paym
ents
of ro
yaltie
s a
nd o
ther
paym
ents
such a
s
dis
tric
t m
inera
l fo
undation f
und
Sam
e a
s R
ED
except
where
th
e Industr
ial
unit c
an h
ouse
the w
ork
ers
in
its f
acto
ry
pre
mis
es o
r D
esig
nate
d
are
as, ta
kin
g
care
of th
eir
Accom
modatio
n,
basic
needs,
Safe
ty &
m
edic
al care
All
types o
f m
inin
g to b
e
allo
wed b
ut
work
ers
fro
m o
ut
of
sta
te a
nd R
ed
and O
rang
e
zones n
ot to
be
allo
wed o
n
work
sites.
Modern
isation o
f exis
ting
opera
tions
to b
e f
acili
tate
d,
in
additio
n t
o
enhanced f
ocus o
n
ensuring w
ork
er
safe
ty in the
work
pla
ce.
Institu
tionalis
ing
health a
nd h
yg
iene
pro
tocols
for
work
ers
as a
key
are
a o
f str
uctu
ral
transfo
rmation in
this
secto
r.
Inhib
itiv
e r
eg
ula
tory
conditio
ns s
hould
be r
ela
xed in
consultation w
ith
the industr
y f
or
som
e tim
e a
nd
more
tru
st in
the
busin
ess m
ust
reposed b
y t
he
govern
ment.
Encoura
ge m
igra
nt
work
ers
to c
om
e
back a
nd c
lear
messag
ing
to the
work
ers
about th
eir
we
lfare
should
be
issued. T
em
pora
ry
accom
modation
should
be b
uilt
/
arr
ang
ed f
or
18
work
ers
to e
nsure
th
eir s
afe
retu
rn.
Auto
and A
uto
C
om
ponent
Jaip
ur,
Alw
ar
etc
N
o o
pera
tions a
llow
ed in
facto
ries e
mplo
yin
g
substa
ntial num
ber
of
work
ers
. A
ssem
bly
lin
e p
roduction t
o h
alt in larg
e facto
ries.
Allo
wed o
nly
upon t
he
conditio
ns
pre
scribed
under
SoP
s.
Work
ers
to b
e
em
plo
yed
should
have
been t
este
d
neg
ative a
nd
should
not
be
from
RE
D
dis
tric
ts.
Allo
wed o
nly
upon t
he
conditio
ns
pre
scribed u
nder
SoP
s.
Ensuring t
hat
financia
l benefits
announced b
y R
BI
and M
oF
are
availe
d b
y t
he
manufa
ctu
rers
. R
eg
ula
tory
C
ert
ain
ty f
or
ICE
vehic
les,
BS
norm
s
and u
pta
ke o
f E
Vs.
Fin
ancia
l packag
e
and w
ag
e s
ubsid
y
support
for
the
work
forc
e
em
plo
yed,
to s
top
layin
g o
ff o
f w
ork
ers
at a h
igh
rate
. T
ech s
upport
and
financia
l support
part
icula
rly t
o
hum
an-inte
nsiv
e
sm
all
com
ponent
manufa
ctu
ring a
nd
info
rmal re
pair
mark
et.
Enablin
g t
he s
tart
-up a
nd d
igital
ecosyste
m o
f re
late
d s
erv
ices in
the a
uto
secto
r.
Petr
o-
chem
ical
Barm
er,
Jaip
ur,
Ajm
er,
O
pera
tions to b
e a
llow
ed
with s
tric
t vig
ilance a
nd
fulfilm
ent of
SoP
s.
Sam
e a
s R
ED
except
where
A
llow
opera
tions
only
with w
ork
ers
F
inancia
l packag
e
for
the s
mall
and 1
9
&chem
icals
A
lwar
and
oth
er
dis
tric
ts
Als
o,
opera
tions to b
e a
llow
ed w
ith m
inim
al
work
forc
e a
nd r
em
ote
-monitoring s
olu
tions w
here
ver
possib
le.
Only
govern
ment-
appro
ved a
nd c
ert
ifie
d
transport
ation s
erv
ices to b
e u
sed f
or
transport
ation.
the Industr
ial
unit c
an h
ouse
the w
ork
ers
in
its f
acto
ry
pre
mis
es o
r D
esig
nate
d
are
as, ta
kin
g
care
of th
eir
Accom
modatio
n,
basic
needs,
Safe
ty &
m
edic
al care
who h
ave b
een
successfu
lly
teste
d n
eg
ative
for
Covid
-19.
Only
g
overn
ment-
appro
ved a
nd
cert
ifie
d
transport
ation
serv
ices t
o b
e
used f
or
transport
ation.
mediu
m p
layers
in
the s
upply
chain
of
petr
o-c
hem
ical
industr
ies.
Wage
com
pensation f
or
lost
days o
f em
plo
ym
ent fo
r th
e
work
forc
e.
Supply
-sid
e
corr
ection
measure
s inclu
din
g
log
istics, pow
er
and s
tora
ge
facili
ties.
Pharm
a
Manufa
ctu
ring
Jaip
ur,
Ajm
er,
A
lwar,
H
anum
ang
arh
, S
ri
Gang
anag
ar,
U
daip
ure
tc
Essential dru
gs:
Allo
wed
with d
ue a
dhere
nce t
o S
oP
s
and c
om
plie
d b
y m
anufa
ctu
rers
. N
on-e
ssential: N
ot
allo
wed
Log
istics o
nly
by g
overn
ment-
appro
ved s
erv
ices.
Essential dru
gs:
Allo
wed w
ith
SoP
s b
ein
g
follo
wed a
nd
com
plie
d b
y
manufa
ctu
rers
. N
on-e
ssential
dru
gs: A
llow
ed
with S
oP
s
bein
g follo
wed
and c
om
plie
d.
Log
istics o
nly
by g
overn
ment-
appro
ved
serv
ices.
Both
essential
and n
on-
essential dru
gs
manufa
ctu
ring
allo
wed if
SoP
s
are
met.
Log
istics o
nly
by
govern
ment-
appro
ved
serv
ices.
Revie
w o
f export
and im
port
polic
ies
of
AP
Is (
Active
Pharm
a
Ing
redie
nts
).
Rationalis
ation o
f prices o
f essential
and life-s
avin
g
dru
gs a
nd m
edic
al
eq
uip
ment.
Enhancin
g h
ealth
infr
a a
nd d
octo
r:
patient ra
tio.
Cem
ent
Industr
y
Bundi,
Chitto
rgarh
, Jaip
ur,
Pali,
A
jmer,
Nagaur
Benchm
ark
s o
f th
reshold
safe
lim
it for
em
plo
ym
ent
inte
nsity in a
facto
ry t
o b
e e
sta
blis
hed.
On the b
asis
of
these b
enchm
ark
s, only
hig
hly
auto
mate
d p
lants
with f
ew
num
ber
of m
anual
Sam
e a
s R
ED
except
where
th
e Industr
ial
unit c
an h
ouse
the w
ork
ers
in
Full
opera
tions to
be a
llow
ed o
n
the c
onditio
ns
pre
scribed in t
he
SoP
s f
or
all
Institu
tionalis
ing
health a
nd h
yg
iene
pro
tocols
in p
lant
opera
tions a
s w
ell
as tra
nsport
ation, 2
0
work
forc
e r
eq
uired to b
e a
llow
ed.
Str
ict com
plia
nce o
f S
oP
s t
o b
e e
nsure
d
Log
istics o
nly
by g
overn
ment-
appro
ved s
erv
ices.
Fix
ed c
harg
es o
f pow
er
consum
ed (
Dem
and
charg
es)
to b
e w
aiv
ed o
ff for
period in w
hic
h
opera
tions a
re h
alted a
t th
e p
lant
level.
its f
acto
ry
pre
mis
es o
r D
esig
nate
d
are
as, ta
kin
g
care
of th
eir
Accom
modatio
n,
basic
needs,
Safe
ty &
m
edic
al care
cem
ent
manufa
ctu
ring
pla
nts
.
All
oth
er
conditio
ns t
o
rem
ain
sam
e
ancill
ary
, lo
adin
g/u
nlo
adin
g
and o
ther
log
istics
serv
ices.
Supply
-sid
e f
acto
rs
of
pro
duction to b
e
addre
ssed for
str
uctu
ral is
sues in
them
, in
clu
din
g
pow
er
secto
r,
finance s
ecto
r,
log
istics s
ecto
r,
am
ong
st oth
ers
.
Tourism
Jaip
ur,
Udaip
ur
, Jais
alm
ere
tc
Lim
ited a
ccess to m
onum
ents
could
be g
iven t
o local
people
so t
hat re
late
d p
eople
lik
e g
uid
es,
art
isans,
tour
and taxi in
dustr
y c
ould
get th
eir liv
elih
ood.
For
pro
moting a
rt a
nd c
ulture
, a d
edic
ate
d c
hannel of
Art
, C
ulture
& M
useum
s o
f R
aja
sth
an u
sin
g o
f e-
serv
ices c
ould
be c
onsid
ere
d.
Sam
e a
s R
ED
N
o r
estr
ictions
but
socia
l dis
tancin
g a
nd
oth
er
Sops to b
e
follo
wed
Sanitation a
nd
cle
anlin
ess d
rive
must continue a
nd
govern
ment should
continue t
o s
end a
m
essag
e o
n
tourism
pote
ntial to
keep t
he p
ote
ntial
tourists
inte
reste
d.
Str
uctu
red
initia
tives s
uch a
s
govern
ment
contr
ibution t
o p
ay
part
of
the s
ala
ries,
wa
ivin
g o
ff d
ues,
license f
ees a
nd
taxes f
or
hote
ls,
travel ag
ents
and
tour
guid
es,
museum
s e
tc. can
help
the s
ecto
r.
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Long t
erm
easy
cre
dit p
rog
ram
s f
or
hote
ls, car-
renta
ls
and o
ther
sta
ke
hold
ers
in the
unorg
aniz
ed s
ecto
r can e
nsure
liv
elih
oods
MS
ME
O
rganis
ed
Jaip
ur,
Kota
, B
hilw
ara
, A
jmer,
Alw
ar,
U
daip
ur,
and
oth
er
dis
tric
ts
No O
pera
tions.
Only
if
SoP
s
and s
tandard
pro
tocols
of
socia
l dis
tancin
g a
re
adhere
d to.
Fre
ely
opera
te
subje
ct
of
self-
cert
ific
ation o
f socia
l dis
tancin
g
pro
tocols
.
Fis
cal support
for
MS
ME
s in t
erm
s o
f cre
dit facili
ties,
concessio
nal
taxation,
concessio
nal
tariff
s.
NP
A c
lassific
ation
can b
e r
ela
xed f
or
a c
ert
ain
tim
e
period.
Non f
iscal support
in
term
s o
f ease o
f re
gula
tory
appro
vals
. F
acili
tating
mark
et
linkag
e w
ith o
nlin
e
pla
tform
s.
Bra
ndin
g a
nd
advert
isem
ent
cam
paig
n to
captu
re local,
national and g
lobal
mark
et fo
r dom
estically
pro
duced p
roducts
.
MS
ME
U
norg
anis
ed
No O
pera
tions
Sam
e a
s a
bove
Sam
e a
s a
bove.
Cott
ag
e o
r H
ousehold
E
nte
rprises
No o
pera
tions e
xcept fo
r fu
lly f
am
ily r
un
esta
blis
hm
ents
. O
nly
if
com
patible
with
socia
l dis
tancin
g a
nd
SoP
pro
tocols
. T
o b
e s
elf-
cert
ifie
d a
nd
inspections b
y
dis
tric
t adm
inis
tration.
Sam
e a
s f
or
Ora
ng
e.
Tert
iary
Secto
r (s
erv
ices)
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Serv
ice
Exam
ple
of
Ac
tivit
ies
RE
D
OR
AN
GE
G
RE
EN
G
rad
ual/
Str
uctu
ral
So
luti
on
s
Serv
ices
invo
lvin
g c
lose
pers
onal
Conta
ct
Salo
n,
pers
onal care
N
o o
pera
tions
No o
pera
tions,
except
sin
gle
pers
on
opera
tions
outs
ide t
he
hots
pots
and in
the r
ura
l are
as
No o
pera
tions,
except
sin
gle
pers
on
opera
tions
outs
ide h
ots
pots
and in t
he r
ura
l are
as
Institu
tionalis
ing
behavio
ura
l norm
s
of
socia
l dis
tancin
g
and g
ood p
ractices
to b
e f
ollo
wed.
Education
Teachin
g
No p
hysic
al opera
tions.
Onlin
e a
nd d
igital m
ediu
m w
here
ver
possib
le.
No p
hysic
al
opera
tions.
Onlin
e a
nd
dig
ital m
ediu
m
where
ver
possib
le.
No p
hysic
al
opera
tions.
Onlin
e a
nd d
igital
mediu
m
where
ver
possib
le.
Sam
e a
s a
bove
Gig
-Econom
y
Food d
eliv
ery
, cab
aggre
gato
rs,
on-s
ite
deliv
ery
serv
ices,
finte
ch
solu
tions
Levera
ge G
ig-e
conom
y s
erv
ices t
o p
rovid
e e
ssential
serv
ice d
eliv
ery
during
lockouts
once S
oP
s a
nd W
HO
g
uid
elin
es o
n h
yg
iene a
re m
et.
Sam
e a
s R
ED
S
am
e a
s R
ED
In
stitu
tionalis
ing
th
e b
asic
hyg
iene
and s
ocia
l dis
tancin
g n
orm
s
in r
outine
opera
tions.
Ensuring a
socia
l pro
tection r
eg
ime
for
gig
-econom
y
work
ers
.
Ente
rtain
ment
TV
Serv
ices
Tele
vis
ion h
as e
merg
ed a
s t
he leadin
g s
ourc
e o
f in
form
ation a
nd e
nte
rtain
ment fo
r th
e h
om
e b
ound.
A
fact evid
ent
in p
henom
enal in
cre
ase T
V v
iew
ers
hip
. T
V s
erv
ices n
eed to b
e c
ontinued in a
ll household
s.
Subscription fee c
olle
ction,
insta
llation a
nd
main
tenance o
pera
tions to c
ontinue in a
ll are
as
except
hots
pots
. S
ubscription f
ee t
o b
e c
olle
cte
d
onlin
e.
Cable
and D
TH
opera
tors
should
com
e u
p w
ith
req
uired S
oP
s w
hic
h n
eed t
o b
e follo
wed a
nd f
orc
ed
Sam
e a
s R
ED
S
am
e a
s R
ED
and a
lso t
hat
insta
llation,
opera
tions a
nd
main
tenance a
nd
colle
ction o
f subscription fee
to c
ontinue a
s
norm
al.
Econom
ic
slo
wdo
wn a
nd
consum
ption
slo
wdo
wn is
sq
ueezin
g
advert
isin
g
revenue.
India
’s
TV
secto
r is
advert
isin
g
dependent
but th
is
is m
ore
so
because o
f econom
ic
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by e
nfo
rcem
ent off
icer
reg
ula
tion. T
he T
V
Secto
r m
ust
not
rem
ain
dependent
on a
dvert
isin
g
revenues a
s they
are
more
vola
tile
. O
ne o
f th
e m
ost
import
ant
lessons
from
this
crisis
is
that th
ere
is a
need
to foste
r m
ore
re
sili
ent
busin
esses.
There
fore
, T
V
secto
r be g
iven t
he
busin
ess m
odel
flexib
ility
to
augm
ent its s
hare
of
subscription
revenues in t
ota
l re
venues a
nd for
this
the r
eg
ula
tor
should
exerc
ise
forb
eara
nce in
pricin
g a
nd follo
w
the s
am
e m
odel as
tele
com
. T
his
will
als
o b
e in
line w
ith g
lobal
best
pra
ctices.
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SECTION IV
1. Other Steps to Generate Confidence in the Economy
1.1 Appoint a Public Health Officer
A position of Chief Public Health Officer to be introduced in the state. Such a response will signal to
industry and tourists the seriousness with which the problem is being tackled and reassure them
about the safety of any early restart to economic activity. The Chief Public Health Officer to be a
physician of eminence with expertise in immunization, infectious diseases and emergency
preparedness.
In the current scenario the Chief Public Health Officer will be responsible for:
Working with counterparts in other departments, jurisdictions, and countries, as well as with
experts and elected officials, to communicate with people in the state about how to protect
themselves and their families;
Delivering public health information to citizens via media appearances, public statements,
updates and columns and public advertisements in daily and community newspapers;
Providing direction to Medical, Health & Family Welfare department staff, including medical
professionals, scientists, and epidemiologists, as they plan and respond to the emergency;
Advising the Chief Minister on pandemic related issues
1.2 Boost MSME Sector
Some amount of seed capital as grant in addition to Mudra loan to be given to cover up their
capita erosion.
NPA classification to be relaxed so that borrowers can repay loan in a longer timeframe. State
government may take this up with RBI.
Micro and small transporters like tempos may be given relief like fuel credit in order to help
them to restart businesses smoothly.
Although RBI has allowed 3 months moratorium for EMI, interest on loan for MSME sector
could be waived off to help them comeback to operation.
MSMEs may also be supported with reimbursement of salaries of employees for 3 months by
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the government or given GST credit equal to 50% of the workers wage bill of six months to be
availed over the next two years.
Availability of easy long-term credit can ease the pressure from these industries. These loans
can be extended by regional rural banks, state cooperatives or through self-help groups
organized by Micro Finance Enterprises.
The largest employer of unorganized workforce, the sector needs incentives to retain the
workforce. Schemes providing Credit linked with retention can work as an incentive.
Measures such as extension for tax payments, waiving off interest for the period of lock-down,
immediate payment release to MSMEs for government services, providing subsidized storage
facility for exporters, where orders are cancelled or delayed, relaxation in utility bills such as
water and power can help improving liquidity condition.
1.3 Logistics
Health of transportation sector is crucial for ensuring supplies of essential goods and services
and keeping production costs and delays in check. Incentives such as tax waivers for transport
operators to compensate for lost revenue may be considered.
Since it will be difficult for the farmers to individually negotiate with large transport agencies,
the Government may take lead and empanel a large number of transport agencies throughout
the state and fix the rates of transportation (like INR per ton per kilometre basis) for intra and
inter-state movement of agri-commodities. Empanelled transporters then need to be
givennecessary passes for free movement of their vehicles applicable till the end of Kharif
season early next year.
1.4 Migrant Workers
As most of the migrant workers have gone to their native places, clear message from state
Government will go out on the plan to reopen economic activity.
Government to provide rations for one to three months, hand sanitizers, masks etc. to enable
workers to return.
Temporary shelters will be constructed/created for migrant labourers so that they can come
back to work in a safe living environment. Possibility of using ex- Servicemen for help with
setting up/ managing temporary shelters for returning migrants (with testing facility) can be
examined.
1.5 Farmers
Since many FPOs don’t have adequate capital to organise aggregation of rabi harvest for sale
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on behalf of their member farmers and they can’t afford bulk purchase of inputs like seeds and
fertilisers for timely supply to the farmers for kharif sowing, the FPOs need easy access to
credit, preferably at very low interest rate similar on the lines of the Tamil Nadu Govt. Order to
make credit available to the farmers at 4% interest rate. Similarly, for individual farmers, the
loan eligibility limit for Kisan Credit Cards may be raised.
Considering the helpless situation of the farmers, it is submitted that interest cost on non-
payment of loans by FPOs and the farmers may be waived off.
The SFAC appointed State-level Apex FPO and the FPOs may be empowered to avail
revolving fund to procure commodities from the farmers and stock at their aggregation centres
as per the sanctioned limit of the Govt. The FPOs can be made responsible for necessary
coordination, quality testing etc.; and need to be provided with necessary quality assaying
facilities and packaging materials (like jute/silo packs/bardana) etc. to help them play their role
efficiently. All payment transactions for these trades can be made online directly to
FPOs/farmers’ accounts.
Government may forgo the mandi fees for the FPOs registered on e-NAM to help the farmers
liquidate their stocks quickly.
In view of the widespread distress in the farm sector, the Govt. may consider relinquishing the
SGST on all agricultural inputs like seeds, fertilisers, pesticides/fungicides/herbicides, growth
promoters and micro nutrients to ease financial stress on the farmers till the end of the Khariff
season early next year.
1.6 Artisans and Weavers
Since they are the most vulnerable ones at this point in time, they need to be supported with
appropriate relief package consisting of food supplies, monetary help, working capital for
preparation of products for the next seasons etc.; besides engaging reputed NGOs to support
them in online marketing, creating innovative marketing opportunities, facilitating new skills
development to switch over to new products or businesses, encouraging public-private
partnerships etc. – all facilitated by the Government. A separate Task Force may be appointed
to oversee this process.
1.7 Local Village Economy
S.H.G s could be given revolving fund to on-lend money to their members as well as to the
migrants. Under the present stressful conditions, their existing corpus would have been
depleted. The infusion of funds to the S.H.G s and their federations will meet the consumption
needs of S.H.G s, and, also help them to revive their members livelihoods, for example to
market their produce particularly vegetable (perishables) in nearby markets.
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Capitalising the S.H.G s has a multiplier effect, since they will rotate this money several times.
In NRLM, there was a provision of Rs.5000 per member as Community investment fund,
Rs.50,000 per S.H.G. Under the present conditions Govt can consider giving a similar amount
or a higher amount to S.H.G s. The S.H.G is the most accessible source of financial and moral
support to their members.
Effective utilising the social capital built by RAJEEVIKA and N.G.Os. is necessary. There are a
large number of women S.H.G leaders and the community resource persons (CRPs) like
SanghSakhi, PashuSakhi, KrishiSakhi etc. In situations of restricted movement of Govt
extension officers, there is a need to strengthen the community service providers. They are the
most important link with the rural communities. Their credibility is very high. Their services can
also be used to act as the link between the community and Government and enable them as
influencers to create awareness about COVID-19. ( N.G.O, IBTADA has already deployed 350
cadres for raising awareness).
Banks should be asked to lend liberally to S.H.G s. Government can incentivize the banks
through providing interest subsidy to S.H.G s for prompt repayment. This is working very
successfully in A.P for the last 8 years.
Projects under MNREGA can be expanded.
1.8 Pending Government Payment
Effort must be made to provide additional funds to clear state government and state PSU
arrears to private companies and banks. This would ensure at least some liquidity gets pushed
back into the system and used as capital for fresh economic activities.
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Annexure I:
Red Category and Orange Category Districts as on 12th April 2020
S.no District/Country Positive Cases
1 Ajmer 5
2 Alwar 7
3 Bharatpur 9
4 Bhilwara 28
5 Banswara 52
6 Bikaner 34
7 Barmer 1
8 Churu 12
9 Dausa 8
10 Dholpur 1
11 Dungarpur 5
12 Hanumangarh 2
13 Jaipur 336
14 Jaisalmer 56
15 Jhunjhunu 31
16 Jodhpur 76
17 Jhalawar 14
18 Karauli 3
19 Kota 40
20 Nagaur 6
21 Pali 2
22 Pratapgarh 2
23 Sikar 2
24 Tonk 58
25 Udaipur 4
Total 794
The above list is included positive cases of Evacuees Passengers. Details are:-
52 Evacuees Passengers (25 Jodhpur, 27 Jaisalmer)
Source - http://www.rajswasthya.nic.in/
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Annexure 2: Data Analysis Report on the spread of COVID-19 in Rajasthan. Please note that
the report contains analysis as on 12th April 2020
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