How to Get E-pass for movement across India during lockdown
The lockdown e-passes for movement permission can be applied through a central government website developed by NIC.
With central government announcing lockdown 4.0 till May 31, the norms for lockdown e-passes are set to witness more relaxations with the government planning to widen its ambit beyond medical staff and emergency services in green and orange Covid-19 zones. The idea is not just to ease travel restrictions in Covid-19 safe zones but address several harassment complaints by domestic help in areas that are safe but face tough lockdown norms endangering the livelihood of locals.
Any individual/group can apply for the movement pass using this framework.
The new guidelines issued by Union Ministry of Home Affairs has put forward a detailed plan as to how various activities could be gradually opened. The centre has also empowered state governments to decide about red, orange and green zones. The government has also clarified that stiff restrictions will, however, continue in areas marked as Covid-19 red and containment zones. Meanwhile, the government further plans to streamline the online system that issues these epasses. A new template for online epasses is likely to be shared with each state government to make such a process swift and hassle free.
The state-wise lockdown e-Passes for movement permission can be applied through a central government website developed by the National Informatics Centre under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY). The NIC provides infrastructure to help support the delivery of government IT services and the delivery of some of the initiatives of Digital India.
ServicePlus is being used by various states to provide citizen centric e-services to the applicants. Currently, this framework is being used by 17 states of India to provide movement e-Pass services during COVID-19 pandemic. These service can be availed through the panel available at the top of this page.