What is total lockdown announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi?

This was the question that caused confusion among the people as minutes before the PMs announcement, Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao had said that all shops selling essential commodities would be open and asked people not to rush to these places in groups.

The big question was does total lockdown mean total shutdown of all shops as well. But official sources clarified that so far all states had announced lockdown individually till March 31. The Prime Minister made it official and said it is National Lockdown. The only difference is that he said it would continue for the next 21 days.

The Chief Minister may announced extension of the date on Thursday. They also said that since maintenance of Law and order situation was state subject, there would be no change in what the Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao had stated during his press conference on Tuesday. All shops selling essential commodities are exempted from lockdown.