New Delhi: Almost all Central Ministers, Joint Secretaries and above rank officials resumed their work in their ministries concerned from Monday after a 19-day break due to the Covid-19 lockdown to put together plans for post-shutdown period to kick-start the economy.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman tweeted "Back to working in North Block office with a home-made mask this morning."
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— Nirmala Sitharaman (@nsitharaman) April 13, 2020
Other officials resuming the work included Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment Thaawar Chand Gehlot, Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju and Tribal Affairs Minister Arjun Munda also resumed their work from their offices. These Ministers were working from home since Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced three-week lockdown from March 24 midnight.
Minister of State for the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region and Minister of State for Prime Minister's Office; Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Jitendra Singh first time arrived his office at North Block with bare minimum staff.
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The move followed the instructions circulated two days ago so that a proper mechanism could be prepared before the 21-day nationwide lockdown end on April 14 midnight.
All the ministers as well as the officials and their staff had to go through thermal scanning before they entered in their respective ministries in North Block, South Block and Shastri Bhavan based offices.
Proper sanitation was also undertaken as staff linked to any ministry got entry.
(IANS Report)
