Farmers harvest wheat crops in a field on the outskirts of Amritsar on April 13, 2020. - AFP
NEW DELHI (Reuters): India will allow opening up of some industries in rural areas after April 20 to reduce the distress caused to millions of people because of a prolonged lockdown to halt the spread of Covid-19, the government said on Wednesday (April 15).
The government will also allow farm activities, construction of roads and buildings in the hinterland which has so far been less affected by the coronavirus contagion.
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