NEW DELHI: Cabinet secretary Rajiv Gauba on Monday denied speculation that the government may extend the 21-day lockdown after April 14. Gauba said there were no such plans.Gauba expressed surprise at the reports to this effect and clarified there were no plans of extending the lockdown. In a tweet that reiterated Gauba’s assertion, the Press Information Bureau put out a tweet later in the evening. “There are rumours & media reports, claiming that the Government will extend the #Lockdown21 when it expires. The Cabinet Secretary has denied these reports, and stated that they are baseless,” the PIB tweet said.India has been under a countrywide lockdown since March 25 to contain the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. The government has constituted 11 empowered groups for planning and ensuring implementation of Covid-19 response activities. The 11 teams comprise 80 senior civil servants.