The government plans to set up a chain of 20 lakh retail shops before the deadline for restrictions on movement of people is extended amid the ongoing lockdown in India. These shops have been named 'security stores'. These shops will provide daily normal requirement to the people by strictly following the rules related to lockdown. Sources aware of this said that after this initiative called 'Suraksha Stores', the grocery store in your neighborhood will be sanitized and transformed into a security store. These stores will take care of social distancing and sanitization to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
For your information, let us tell you that the government will implement this scheme through private companies. Under this scheme, measures will be implemented to prevent the spread of coronavirus throughout the entire supply chain from the manufacturing unit to the retail outlet. At the same, sources said that Consumer Affairs Secretary Pawan Kumar Aggarwal has held talks with officials of top FMCG companies to implement this ambitious scheme under public-private partnership.
In the midst of the virus outbreak, the government aims to mark 20 lakh retail shops as 'security stores' in the next 45 days. Every FMCG company can be given the responsibility of one or two states to implement this scheme effectively.
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