The Home Ministry has sought views of State governments on the 21-day lockdown including whether more categories of people and services need to be exempted, officials said on Friday, amidst indications of a possible two-week extension of the restrictions to curb the spread of coronavirus.
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In its communication, the Home Ministry informed the State governments and Union Territory administrations about the steps taken by the Centre for the strict implementation of the lockdown, announced on March 24.
It also conveyed them about the people and services exempted from the purview of the lockdown.
The Home Ministry asked the State governments and UT administrations to inform it about different aspects of the lockdown and whether there are necessities to give exemptions to some more categories of people and services from the restrictions, a home ministry official said.
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A few state governments, including Bihar, wrote back to the home ministry.
Among the suggestions of the State governments include allowing co