Riding out the Maha lockdown
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This feels so 2020.
Maharashtra is once again in lockdown, albeit partially, and the threat to businesses looms large in India’s richest state. But this time, e-commerce firms know better. There are learnings from last year. For restaurants, however, this better not be a death knell, for deliveries too are curtailed.
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Maha lockdown. Ecomm unlocked
Lockdown 2021: In a notification issued Sunday. the state government announced a partial lockdown, night curfew and shutdown of malls, multiplexes, restaurants and bars to curb the steep spike in Covid-19 cases. Delivery and supply chain staff of e-commerce firms must either be vaccinated or carry a negative RT-PCR test report that would be valid for 15 days, starting April 10.