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Maharashtra from today. We’re getting that 2020 feeling again.
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Maharashtra bars non-essential e-commerce
E-commerce platforms will have to stop deliveries of non-essential goods in Maharashtra from 8:00 pm today, when the state government’s new 15-day curfew to tackle the surge in Covid-19 cases comes into effect.
The state said in its guidelines on Tuesday that e-commerce would be allowed “only for the supply of essential goods and services”.
Offline vs online: The restriction on e-commerce players comes days after offline traders, who have been forced to shut shop, threatened a statewide agitation if the government didn’t accede to their demand to restrict the sale of non-essential goods online.