NDMA, Home Ministry to remove all Corona restrictions from March 31
In India, the infection of corona virus (Covid-19 in India) has started decreasing gradually and now less than two thousand cases are being reported daily. After this, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and the Union Home Ministry have repealed the provisions of the Disaster Management Act for COVID prevention measures. In view of the decreasing cases of corona virus infection, the government has decided to remove all restrictions related to Covid-19 from March 31 after nearly two years.
This big announcement on social distancing and masks
Officials of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said that from March 31, all the restrictions imposed to prevent corona virus infection are being abolished from March 31. However, despite this, the rules of applying masks and maintaining social distance will remain in force. According to Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla, the period of the applicable rules is expiring on March 31 and no further orders will be issued in this regard by the Ministry of Home Affairs after that
The restrictions were imposed on 24 March 2020
For the first time on 24 March 2020, the Central Government had issued several guidelines under the Disaster Management Act, (DM Act) 2005 to prevent the spread of corona virus infection in the country and also made changes from time to time according to the circumstances. Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla, in a letter to the Chief Secretaries of all the states, said that in the last 24 months, various aspects of management of the global pandemic, such as disease detection, surveillance, contact tracing, treatment, Several important steps were taken regarding vaccination, development of hospital infrastructure etc.
He said that at the same time, now the general public is also very much aware of the appropriate behavior required to deal with Covid-19. Bhalla said in the letter, ‘After taking into account the situation of the dwindling outbreak of the global pandemic and the preparedness of the government, the National Disaster Management Authority has decided that it is no longer necessary to implement the provisions of the DM Act for COVID-19 prevention measures. ‘
