We'll soon meet in your inbox. Please wait... The guidelines say that the state would allow delivery of “all goods through e-commerce and home delivery” without making any distinction between essential and non-essential products as states such as Maharashtra, Delhi and a few others have done over the past few weeks. “They’ve (Karnataka government) allowed both e-commerce and shops to function through home deliveries. This is what we’ve been asking for all along,” said a senior executive at a leading e-commerce marketplace. “This will allow consumers to stay safe at home.” Apart from not imposing curbs on e-commerce, the state also said that it was encouraging 24x7 deliveries of essential items to “minimise the movement of individuals outside their homes”, while restricting the operations of shops selling groceries, fruits and vegetables, dairy products and meats to just four hours a day — 6 am to 10 am.