Delhi further relaxes COVID-19 guidelines, scraps penalty for not wearing masks at public places

In a meeting of the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA), a consensus was made to scrap the imposing of fines for not wearing masks and the penalisation is likely to be done away with, said sources. In the last DDMA meeting, the fine for not wearing masks was reduced to Rs 500 from Rs 2,000. The Delhi government in its earlier order issued in February withdrew the compulsion of wearing a mask in a private car.