Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) has set up a control room to monitor in real time the status of transportation and delivery of goods, manufacturing and delivery of essential commodities to common man and the difficulties being faced by various stakeholders during the lockdown period from March 25, 2020 to April 14, 2020. In the event of any manufacturing, transporter, distributor, wholesaler or e-commerce companies facing ground level difficulties in transportation and distribution of goods or mobilization of resources, the same may be informed to the Department at the following telephone number/ email:-
The issues reported by various stakeholders were taken up by the Department with the concerned state government, district and police authorities, and other concerned agencies.
DPIIT has launched the United Against COVID-19- Innovation Challenge to identify innovative solutions to combat COVID-19. More than 750 applications were received and currently under evaluation. Applications being received for solutions to manage the over COVID situation including logistics solutions, testing solutions, Critical care equipment, large area sanitisation and various other critical aspects related to COVID-19