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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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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)

22

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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