The PM mentioned many foreign workers are now unable to return home, despite their expired stay permits, because of their home nations' lockdown or cancellation of flights
The case dragged on until June 2018, when the Supreme Court took suo moto notice regarding the fake accounts and ordered a Joint Investigation Team (JIT) to probe the matter
The official mentioned that they will adjudicate all applications for the renewal on a case-by-case basis, providing one year, rather than the existing two-year renewal
The state of emergency gives the government officials temporary power to act quickly to tamp down new COVID-19 outbreaks and allocate funding by using emergency decrees