PRESIDENT OF INDIA TO HOLD DISCUSSIONS WITH GOVERNORS, LGS AND ADMINISTRATORS OF STATES AND UTS ON COVID-19 RESPONSE TOMORROW

Rashtrapati Bhavan : 02.04.2020

The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, along with the Vice President of India, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu, will hold a video-conference from Rashtrapati Bhavan tomorrow (April 3, 2020) with Governors, Lieutenant Governors and Administrators of all States and Union Territories to bolster the efforts at the Central and State level to contain and manage the crisis arising from the outbreak of COVID-19.

This will be second such video-conference with Governors/LGs and Administrators of States and UTs. In the first video-conference held on March 27, 2020, 14 Governors and Delhi Lt. Governor shared experiences in their territories.The remaining Governors/LGs and Administrators will share their experiences tomorrow.

The agenda of the conference will be the status of COVID-19 in the States, the role of the Red Cross with focus on vulnerable sections, and the role of civil society/voluntary organisations/private sector in complementing the efforts of the Union and State governments to contain the spread of the Novel Coronavirus.