NEW DELHI: The Union home ministry on Saturday clarified that while all shops in residential complexes would reopen, malls and liquor stores will remain shut.
The reopening of shops is subject to the area being neither a hotspot nor a containment zone. It is now incumbent on state governments to implement the ministry's guidelines, with states such as Delhi unlikely to allow it for the time being. "In rural areas, all shops, except those in shopping malls are allowed to open.
In urban areas, all standalone/neighbourhood shops and shops in residential complexes are allowed to open. Shops in markets and market complexes and shopping malls are not allowed to open," the ministry clarified.