The Union government will not spend on any schemes for a year, the finance ministry reportedly said June 6, 2020.
All ministries have been asked to hold back requests for such schemes, NDTV.com reported.
Exceptions will need to be approved by the Department of Expenditure.
India added 9,851 new cases positive to the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 June 5, according to the Union home ministry.
The country had 110,960 active cases while the total tally was at 226,770 — the seventh-highest in the world.
The death toll was at 6,348.
The countrywide lockdown to curb the pandemic resulted in 2.6 million migrant workers being stranded across India, the chief labour commissioner said after being directed by the Cenreal Information Commission.
The COVID-19 pandemic is unravelling many gains made with vaccination campaigns for polio, cholera, measles, diphtheria, and meningitis, said World Health Organization chief Tedros A Ghebreyesus June 4.
The Americas, “a region of massive inequalities,” are facing simultaneous health, economic and social emergencies from the pandemic, said Carissa F Etienne, WHO regional director for the Americas.
