Government of India, Ministry of Horne Affairs
Subject: Addendum to Guidelines annexed to the Ministry of Home Affairs Order No. 40-3/2020-D dated 24.03.2020
A. Addition in exemption to Clause 1:
- Term treasury Pay & Accounts Offices. Financial Advisers and held offices of the Controller General of Accounts, with bare minimum staff
- Customs clearance at ports/airports/land border’, GSTN and MCA 21 Registry, with bare minimum staff.
- Reserve Bank of India and RBI regulated financial markets and entities like NPCI, CC1L, payment system operators and standalone primary dealers, with bare minimum staff
B. Under sub clause 13) to clause 2. term treasury include, field offices of the Accountant with ham minimum staff.
C. Addition of sub clause (e), (f) & (g) in exceptions to clause 2:
e. Resident Commissioner of States. in New Delhi with bare minimum staff for coordinating Covid-19 related activities and internal kitchens operations.
f. Forest offices Staff/ workers required to operate and maintain zoo, nurseries, wildlife, fire fighting in forests, watering plantations, patrolling and their necessary transport movement.
g Social Welfare Department, with bare minimum staff, for operations of Homes for children) disables/ senior citizens/ destitute) women.? widows: Observation homes. pensions
D. Clause 3 includes veterinary hospitals; pharmacies (including Jan Aushadhi Kendra) and Pharmaceutical research labs_
E. Sub-clause (b) to Clause 4 includes IT Vendor for banking operations, banking Correspondent and A I M operation and cash management agencies.
F. Sub-clause (a) to Clause 4 includes shops for seeds and pesticides.
G. Addition of sub clause (h) to Clause 4:
h. Data and call Centre for Government activities only.
H. Sub-clause (a) to clause 5 to read as:
a. Manufacturing units of essential goods, including drugs. pharmaceutical. medical devices, their raw material & intermediates.
I. Addition of sub clause (c) & (d) to Clause 5:
c. coal and mineral production, transportation. supply of explosnies and activities incidental to mining
d. Manufacturing units of packaging material for food items, drugs, pharmaceutical and medical devices.
J. Addition of sub clause (c) & (d) to Clause Sub clause 6:
a Operations of Railways, Airports and Seaports for cargo movement, relief and evacuation and their related operational organisations
b. Inter-state movement of goodsrcargo for inland and exporls.
K. Addition of sub clause (c) in exceptions to clause 6:
c. Cross land border movement of essential goods including petroleum products and LPG, food products, medical supplies
