Full Lock down in 15 Districts of Uttar-Pradesh Till 13th April 2020 Announcment by UP CM Shri Yogi Adityanath Ji

Full Lock down in 15 Districts of Uttar-Pradesh Till 13th April 2020 Announcment by UP CM Shri Yogi Adityanath Ji :-

The Uttar Pradesh government has ordered complete shutdown of Covid-19 hotposts in 15 districts to check the spread of novel coronavirus. The order will come into effect from 12 am tonight and continue till April 13.

All essential services will be home delivered and no one will be allowed to move out, sources in the government have said. Curfew passes will also be reviewed, Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary Rajendra Kumar Tiwari has said.

Full Lock down in 15 Districts of Uttar-Pradesh Till 30th April 2020 Announcment by UP CM Shri Yogi Adityanath Ji :-

Lucknow,

 Agra,

 Ghaziabad,

 Gautambudh Nagar (Noida),

 Kanpur,

 Varanasi,

 Shamli,

 Meerut,

 Bareilly,

 Bulandshahar,

 Firozabad,

 Maharajganj,

 Sitapur,

 Saharanpur

 Basti.

 15 districts have high viral load of #COVID19. So affected areas will be sealed. Only home delivery & medical teams will be allowed there. It's being done to prevent community spread, as numbers are high: RK Tiwari, Chief Secretary pic.twitter.com/BkNrCkvUnd

Full Lock down in 15 Districts of Uttar-Pradesh Till 30th April 2020 Announcment by UP CM Shri Yogi Adityanath Ji:- 

The exact details of how the UP government plans to shut down parts of these 15 districts will be released at a press conference around 4pm.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary Rajendra Kumar Tiwari said the Adityanath-led government in Uttar Pradesh will hold a review of the decision next on April 13.

Coronavirus cases have been reported from 37 districts of Uttar Pradesh with the number climbing to 326 on Wednesday. Of the total cases, 166 are linked to the Tablighi Jamaat. So far, the UP authorities have identified 1,600 people associated with the Jamaat. Of them, 1,200 have been quarantined.

Full Lock down in 15 Districts of Uttar-Pradesh Till 30th April 2020 Announcment by UP CM Shri Yogi Adityanath Ji :-

All essential Goods and services will be provided by Doorstep Delivery Scheme launched By Uttar-Pradesh Goverenment:-

Food distribution scheme by Indian government during these days :- 

So here is a relief news from the side of Indian government for the public

related to food grains, wheat, rice etc Govt to provide wheat at Rs 2/kg,

rice at Rs 3/kg to 80 crore people…….

Let's understand this in depth:-

To ensure efficient supply of foodgrains to people below the poverty line during the three-week-long lockdown, the government on Wednesday announced that to increase monthly quota of subsidised foodgrains by 2 kg to 7 kg per person through ration shops for 80 crore beneficiaries.

A decision in this regard was taken by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

"The government has decided to provide 7 kg per person of foodgrains to 80 crore people under the Public Distribution System (PDS), which is the world's largest food security system," Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar told the media after the meeting.

The cost of wheat is Rs 27/kg, which will be provided at a subsidised  rate of Rs 2/kg, while the cost of rice is about Rs 32/kg but will be supplied at Rs 3/kg through ration shops, he said.

All states have been asked to take foodgrains from the Centre in advance for distribution through the PDS, he added.

Full Lock down in 15 Districts of Uttar-Pradesh Till 30th April 2020 Announcment by UP CM Shri Yogi Adityanath Ji :-

Food distribution scheme by Indian government during these 21 days :-

Under the National Food Security Act (NFSA), the government is supplying 5 kg of foodgrains per month to over 80 crore people at a highly subsidised price.

The decision to allocate additional foodgrains through the PDS has been taken as state-run Food Corporation of India (FCI) is saddled with wheat and rice stock. With some food grains stock kept in open space, the FCI is under pressure to clear stock before monsoon. 

After PM Modi's announcement of a 21-day lockdown across the country in the fight against coronavirus, people are concerned about the availability of essential goods and commodities. 

The prime minister appealed to people not to panic, saying thronging shops will pose the risk of spread of COVID-19. However, people fearing shortage and rise in prices of the commodities queued up in front of grocery stores, vegetable vendors and medical shops.

India will have enough foodgrain stockpiles to feed its poor for at least a year-and-a-half

as the reserves are likely to further balloon after record harvests in the South Asian

nation that has been locked down to check the spread of the covid-19

There will be no food shortage in the second-most populous country, D.V. Prasad,

chairman of state-run Food Corporation of India (FCI), a government agency at the

heart of the world’s largest public food distribution program, said in an interview.

It will have 100 million tons in warehouses across India by the end of April, compared

with an annual requirement of 50 million to 60 million tons under various welfare

programs for the poor. India is likely to produce record 292 million tons of food grains

in 2019-20.

Full Lock down in 15 Districts of Uttar-Pradesh Till 30th April 2020 Announcment by UP CM Shri Yogi Adityanath Ji :-

“There is absolutely no need to worry as far as the availability of wheat and rice is

concerned in any part of the country,” Prasad said. Still, fair price shops in many states

don’t have the capacity to hold stocks equal to several months of their needs, he said.

Food minister Ram Vilas Paswan said last week that the beneficiaries of the Public

Distribution System can buy six months of their quota of subsidized grain immediately.

India, like other countries, is trying to curb the spread of the deadly virus by locking

down provinces, stopping trains, flights and bus services, while ensuring supplies of

staple commodities. America’s top food firms are rushing to meet a spike in demand as

panic buying sets in, while sales of items such as cereals and pasta have surged in Russia.

In Australia, hoarders were shamed as the nation’s biggest supermarket chain tightened

buying limits.

There are concerns that consumers in India may rush to hoard essential commodities

and prices may surge as the country of 1.3 billion people locked down cities to break the

chain of transmission of the virus. Authorities have sealed many districts, while all

passenger and commuter trains are suspended until at least March 31.

The states may need to buy 30 million tons of wheat and rice from the federal

government to meet their requirement for six months, Prasad said. Reserves maintained

by the federal government may climb further after the arrival of the new wheat crop by

April from about 64 million tons at present, he added.

State governments can draw food grains for three months from Food Corporation on

credit, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said via Twitter Monday. This will ensure

that the states do not face any cash constraint in distributing food to those in need.

The country’s food grain output is set to climb in 2019-20 from 285.2 million a year

earlier, according to the farm ministry. The rice harvest is seen at all-time high

of 117.47 million tons, while wheat production may rise to an historic high of

106.21 million tons.

China is also trying to ensure food supplies. The country has raised the government

purchase price of Indica rice to encourage planting of two crops a year on the same

piece of land to boost production in southern growing areas.