[COVID 19]Government Declares Masks & Hand Sanitizers As Essential Commodities [Read Notification]

In a bid to curb the transmission of Novel COVID-19, the Central government on Friday declared masks and hand sanitizers to be "essential commodities" until June 30, 2020. They have been put under the Essential Commodities Act, 1955, to enable the Central government and the State government (by delegation) to regulate the production, quality and distribution of masks (2 ply and...