Unlock 3.0 rules for Rajasthan: What is allowed, what is not

Yoga institutes, gyms and small places of worship will be allowed to open in Rajasthan.

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August 02, 2020 / 13:11 IST

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The Centre issued Unlock 3.0 guidelines earlier this week, easing relaxations further, yet maintaining caution. It also said that the onus to permit/bar certain activities lies on the state governments, and that they can take those decisions after proper assessment of the ground situation.

Here is what remains open, and what continues to remain shut in Rajasthan:

# Yoga institutes, gyms and small places of worship will be allowed to open in Rajasthan.

# Conditional permission to reopen small places of worship (temple, mosques, gurudwara), which used to have an average daily visit of up to 50 people prior to the lockdown, was given under the guidelines to be implemented from August 1 to 31. All other religious places will reopen from September 1.

#Yoga institutes and gymnasiums will be allowed to function from August 5 for which standard operating procedures (SOP) will be issued by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

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