<span style="color: #222222;">Center on Tuesday clarified that caregivers of senior citizens residing with them, prepaid mobile recharge utilities and food processing units in urban areas  have  been exempted from the lockdown imposed to fight COVID-19.<br />'' <br />'' Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla   has written to Chief Secretaries of all states  in this regard. He said  the bedside attendants and care givers of senior citizens residing in their homes allowed to offer services during lockdown. Mr. Bhalla  also said the food processing units like bread factories, milk processing plants, flour mills and  dal mills in urban areas are also exempted from lockdown.<br />''<br />''He asked the states to inform district authorities and agencies in this regard.  In his letter, the Home Secretary also  emphasized that social distancing norms for offices, workshops, factories and establishments must be ensured.</span><br />