PIB Home Affairs :

All activities, except the following, shall be permitted outside containment zones: 

Cinema halls, swimming pools, entertainment parks, theatres (excluding open air theatre) and similar places.

International air travel of passengers, except as permitted by MHA.

Lockdown shall continue to be implemented strictly in the Containment Zones till 30^th September, 2020.

State/ UT Governments shall not impose any local lockdown (State/ District/ sub-division/City/ village level), outside the containment zones, without prior consultation with the Central Government.

There shall be no restriction on inter-State and intra-State movement of persons and goods. No separate permission/ approval/ e-permit will be required for such movements.

PIB Home Affairs:

After extensive consultation with States and UTs, it has been decided that Schools, colleges, educational and coaching institutions will continue to remain closed for students and regular class activity up to 30^th September 2020.

Online/Distance learning shall continue to be permitted and shall be encouraged.

However, following will be permitted, in areas outside the Containment Zones only, with effect from 21^st September 2020 :

States/ UTs may permit upto 50% of teaching and non-teaching staff to be called to the schools at a time for online teaching/ tele- counselling and related work.

Students of classes 9 to 12 may be permitted to visit their schools, in areas outside the Containment Zones only, on voluntary basis, for taking guidance from their teachers.

This will be subject to written consent of their parents/ guardians

Social, Academic, Sports, Entertainment, Cultural, Religious, Political functions and other congregations will be permitted with a ceiling of 100 persons, with effect from 21st September 2020.

However, such limited gatherings can be held with mandatory wearing of face masks, social distancing, provision for thermal scanning and hand wash or sanitizer.

Open air theatres will be permitted to open with effect from 21^st September 2020.

Metro rail will be allowed to operate with effect from 7^th September 2020 in a graded manner, by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MOHUA)/ Ministry of Railways (MOR), in consultation with MHA.

In this regard, Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) will be issued by MOHUA.

Ministry of Home Affairs