Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday suggested the Centre to come up with a national Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to bring the economy back on the tracks.
During Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s video-conference with Chief Ministers, Naveen said since the production lines and value addition process of the states and the Centre are interlinked, a national SOP will guide a unified response in rebooting the economy.
He also sought to declare a smaller and scientific unit to replace district as a unit for zoning and allow local administration to decide this area.
As regards lockdown and other regulations, there should be broad principles at national level and decentralised implementation by local administration should be allowed.
As the fight is going to be long, it is important that we involve Panchayats for a system
based response, Naveen said.
