Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for maintaining the supply of Essential Goods.

To

Chief Secretaries/Administrators of All States/Union Territories(As per the list attached)

subject: Ref: Ministry of Home Affairs order no. No. 40-3/2020-DM-I(A) Dated 24.03.2020; and 25.03.2020- the issue of Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for maintaining the supply of Essential Goods.

Sir/Madam,

Please refer to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA)’s Order No. 40-3/2020-D-I(A) dated 24th March 2020 under the Disaster Management Act, 2005 regarding measures to be taken by Ministries/ Departments of Government of India, State/ Union Territory Government and State/ Union Territory Authorities for containment of COVID-19 Epidemic in the country.

The purpose of these measures is to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 epidemic by social distancing while maintaining the supply of essential goods, including health infrastructure and home delivery of food. Accordingly, the guidelines annexed to the said Order, under the exception to lockdown measures, specify shops, including ration shops, dealing with food, groceries, fruits, and vegetables, dairy and milk products, meat and fish, animal fooder, seeds, and pesticides and home delivery of these essential goods shall be encouraged. it is also provided that delivery of all essential goods including food, pharmaceuticals, medical equipment through e-commerce will remain operational. Further, para 15 of the Guidelines provides that all enforcing authorities note that these strict restrictions fundamentally relate to the movement of people, but not to that of essential goods. It is, therefore, important that the availability of essential goods is ensured to relieve the hardship faced by people during the period of lockdown. In this regard, Standard Operating Procedure(SOP) for smooth supply of Essential Goods, is annexed, which may be followed.

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SOP On Circular Dated 16.04.2021

Standard Operating Procedure(SOP) for maintaining the supply of Essential Goods.

The availability of essential goods takes place through small local retail shops, large organized retail stores, and e-Commerce Companies. In order to ensure the smooth functioning of these three types of operators, it is important that following constituents of the supply chain, are also allowed to operate:

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