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Extraordinary times need exceptional measures and the outbreak of coronavirus has presented a new challenge and extreme uncertainty leading to massive social and economic issues. Calibrated unlocking from lockdown and carrying on business is also going to be a daunting task.
The Government of India has extended the lockdown upto May 17 with some relaxations. It has demarcated districts within states and union territories into red, orange and green zones. India presently has 130 red zones, 284 orange zones and 319 green zones and the good news is that government is allowing industrial activities to restart their operations in green zones with reduced workforce.
It is extremely important for the manufacturing industry, once they begin their operations, to adhere to strict guidelines taking precautions to safeguard the health and safety of their staff and spearhead operations in a focused manner. The industry needs to primarily focus on survival and explore opportunities and diversify their business to cater to newer segments.Strategy, planning, resilience and leadership will be put to the test in this mission.
IMTMA is bringing you information on efforts by countries across the world including India to tackle the situation. The e-newsletter gives an insight into news, advisories, and notifications from the central and state governments in India and the best practices that Indian and global industries have adopted to combat this pandemic. |
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News
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Industry demands Rs 6 lakh cr stimulus
package to mitigate impact of lockdown
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Covid-19: Revival of
economy through tax measures
(Economic Times Auto, May 2, 2020). |
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Fire sale of Hertz Rentals
poses risk to broader auto sector
(Economic Times Auto, May 2, 2020). |
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Covid lockdown: All 11 districts
of Delhi to remain in red zone till May 17
(Economic Times Auto, May 2, 2020) |
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Goyal asks captains of logistics
industry to transform freight operations
(Economic Times Auto, May 2, 2020). |
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Volkswagen trucks boss sees
autonomous investments under pressure
(Economic Times Auto, May 2, 2020). |
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AIAWA seeks permission to open
automobile workshops in orange and green zones
(Economic Times Auto, May 2, 2020). |
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India set to cap stimulus package
at $60 bn to protect credit rating: Sources
(Economic Times Auto, May 2, 2020). |
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Possible to start economic activity in red zones
by taking strict measures: Nitin Gadkari
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Now, TN Govt eases lockdown restrictions
for Chennai and non-Chennai from May 4
(Hindu Businessline, May 2, 2020). |
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Gadkari calls upon industry to upgrade,
widen import sources to attract investment
(Economic Times Auto, May 2, 2020). |
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RBI Governor meets MD of banks;
reviews implementation of various measures
(Economic Times Auto, May 2, 2020). |
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Coronavirus Red, Orange, Green zones
in India: What is allowed and what is not
(Financial Express, May 2, 2020) |
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PM holds meetings to firm up second
stimulus for reviving lockdown-hit economy
(Economic Times Auto, May 3, 2020). |
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Central Government Advisories
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Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India
New Guidelines for containment of Covid-19 in the country for the extended period of ‘National Lockdown’, with effect from 4 May 2020. Read More |
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Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India
Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, had set-up a Control Room w.e.f. 26.3.2020 to monitor the issues of Industry and Trade and take up such matters with the concerned State Government, District and Police Authorities and other concerned agencies. Out of the total number of 1962 queries registered till 28th April 2020, 1739 have been resolved/settled. 223 are currently under resolution. Read More |
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Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India
Zoning of districts (green, orange and red), state-wise in India. Read More |
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Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance, Government of India
Guidelines for conduct of personal hearings in virtual mode under Customs Act, 1962. Read More |
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National Best Practices |
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Indian Railways
Railways has used the lockdown period to address long-pending maintenance work on the rail network.Around 500 modern heavy duty Track Maintenance Machines along with track, signal and Overhead Equipment (OHE) maintainers have worked regularly for 10,749 machine days to complete overdue track maintenance of 12,270 km plain track, it said. Read More |
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TVS Motor Company
TVS Motor Company has announced that it exported 8,134 units of two-wheelers and 1,506 units of three-wheelers in April 2020. Read More |
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Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India
HMSI has announced that it has exported 2,630 two-wheelers in April 2020. Read More |
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Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute
for Medical Sciences and Technology
Technologists at the Sree Chitra Triunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST), an autonomous institute under the Department of Science and Technology, Govt of India, have developed two types of nasal and oral swabs and viral transport medium for Covid-19 testing. Read More |
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EPFO
The filing of monthly Electronic-Challan cum Return (ECR) is separated from Payment of the statutory contributions reported in the ECR. Read More |
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Serum Institute of India
Serum Institute of India will be manufacturing Oxford University's coronavirus vaccine in anticipation of clinical trials succeeding by September-October in the UK. The company expressed optimism of starting trials in India for this vaccine over the next 2-3 weeks. Read More |
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Global Best Practices |
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General Motors
General Motors has begun mass production and shipping of the Ventec Life Systems V+Pro critical care ventilator for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The company has launched a rapid-response project to produce masks for the frontline workers at their manufacturing plant in Warren, Michigan. Read More |
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IBM
IBM is teaming up with World Community Grid, an IBM social impact initiative that allows anyone with a computer and an internet connection to donate their device’s idle processing power to help scientists study the world’s biggest problems in health and sustainability. This way the researchers will be able to create a fast- response for and will open source tool that will help all scientists quickly search for treatments for future pandemics. Read More |
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Ericsson
The Covid-19 Open Research Dataset Challenge (CORD-19) aimed to gather the nation’s AI experts, and in less than one month, develop the tools and techniques to provide a means for the science and medical research community to efficiently and accurately utilize the ever-growing set of medical journal-based research to address the array of challenging questions posed by the Covid-19 pandemic. Read More |
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NHSK
A contact-tracing smartphone application which alerts the users of a possible coronavirus case among their recent communications will be ready for use within two to three weeks. Read More |
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Medtronic
Medtronic and other global ventilator manufacturers recently launched a mobile app for frontline medical providers to access a centralized repository of ventilator training, which provides free mobile access to video overviews, instruction manuals and other training materials for hospital staff. Read More |
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Schindler
Schindler turned the 2018 Asian Games’ athlete’s village at WismaAtlet Kemayoran towers in central Jakarta into an emergency hospital to treat as many as 22,000 Covid-19 patients. Read More |
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IMTMA Covid-19 Policy Advocacy |
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IMTMA Covid-19 Help Desk |
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IMTMA has set up a section on Covid-19 Policy Advocacy, relevant Notifications, Press notes, Orders and Circulars issued by the Central and State governments, and the Reserve Bank of India are published on the page |
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IMTMA is pleased to announce formation of “COVID-19 IMTMA Help Desk” for proactively addressing the concerns of Members, specifically related to COVID-19 Government Policies, Financial and Regulatory issues. Members may send their queries by clicking on “COVID-19 IMTMA Help Desk” button in IMTMA homepage www.imtma.in and filling-up the query form |
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