Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a meeting with Home Minister Amit Shah, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal, Aviation Minister Hardeep Puri and others to discuss strategies to boost the economy. They had discussions regarding attracting of local investment as well as foreign investment to improve the economic situation of the country in the backdrop of the Covid 19 pandemic. The Ministry of Home Affairs has permitted states to bring home stranded students, tourists and migrant workers.
The Railways deployed a special train to ferry over 1000 stranded migrant labourers from Telangana to Jharkhand. Once restrictions on passenger flights are lifted, airports will resume domestic and international flights by strictly following social distancing. The seating should be such that there is 1 to 1.5 metre gap between passenger seats inside the planes.
