panaji while the ministry of home affairs has differentiated between shops in rural and urban areas the state executive committee sec had decided to treat shops and establishments in villages and towns on the parthe sec which is chaired by chief secretary parimal rai said that all standalone shops neighbourhood stores and shops in residential complexes which are registered under the shops and establishments act will be allowed to open irrespective of whether they are in urban or rural areasthe sec discussed the implication of the mhas order allowing the opening of shops registered under the shops and establishment act in the rural and urban area the mhas order has made a distinction between shops in the rural and urban areas however the sec felt that there should be a uniformity in goa and rural areas should be treated similar to urban areas said the sec in a statementthe sec retained all the other guidelines laid down by the mha those establishments which have not been allowed under the epidemic disease act or us 144 crpc by the collectors will also not be open the sec saidwith the seafarers expected to arrive in the coming days the sec took stock of the plan to bring them home the sec asked the northgoa collector and the health department to put in place the necessary modalities for the testing and quarantine of the seafarershealth secretary nila mohanan informed the sec that the second batch of 1000 thermal guns have arrived and most have been distributed to government departments based on requests and prioritythe sec inquired about the marketing support provided to the farmers by the department the secretary for agriculture said that the farmers have two main procuring agencies bagayatdar which procures nonperishable items and horticulture corporation which procures perishable items such as vegetables and fruitsthe sec noted that more than 6000 foreigners have left goa in special ferry flights from goa international airportmeanwhile the excise department has seized unauthorised stock of about 20000 liters liquor worth rs 7941 lakhs and 20 cases have been booked since the lockdown began