Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his address to the nation declared extension of the lockdown till 3 May. PM Modi said, "Keeping everything into account, the lockdown will have to be extended till May 3. During this time, we will have to be disciplined like we have been all this while." PM Narendra Modi also praised the steps taken by the govt in countering the coronavirus pandemic. PM Modi said, "India's holistic, integrated approach has helped control the virus' spread. The situation would have been disastrous otherwise. When we had only 550 cases of Corona here, India had taken the major step of a lockdown of 21 days. India did not wait for the problem to grow. Rather, as soon as the problem was seen, we took a timely fast decision."