Newspaper delivery supply chain allowed under exemptions given for print media: MHA

The Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla on Sunday made it clear that the newspaper delivery supply chain was also allowed under exemptions given for print media. He also asked all states and Union territories to allow transportation of all goods, without distinction of essential and non-essential, during the lockdown period. Bhalla said in a letter to chief secretaries of the states and the Union territories. Relevantly Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced a nationwide lockdown on March 24 for 21 days in order to arrest the spread of novel coronavirus.