HYDERABAD: Chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao will chair a crucial cabinet meeting on May 30 to take a call on extending the lockdown, whether to provide further relaxations or not, measures to be taken to check the spread of Covid-19 cases and plan an effective vaccination strategy.
The cabinet meet will also discuss procurement of paddy, payment of MSP to farmers, planning for the ensuing Vanakalam agriculture season, availability and supply of seeds, fertilisers and curbing the supply of spurious seeds, among other subjects.
The meeting assumes importance in the wake of reports that health department has suggested to extend the lockdown by another week or 10 days.
However, officials did not confirm this.
The talk in political circles is that the state government may extend the lockdown with an increase in relaxation period from four hours to six hours.
Sources said the Sunday meeting will take a final decision by taking into account the number of positive cases and lockdown impact on revenues.