"It has been decided with the approval of competent authority that all the departmental canteens in central government ministries/departments/offices shall be closed with immediate effect," it said in the communique to all the central government departments.
All the ministries/departments/offices are requested not to open the canteens until further orders, it added.
The decision has been taken in view of officers of the level of deputy secretary and above resuming their offices from Monday following guidelines issued by the Home Ministry on relaxing the ongoing lockdown.
( With inputs from ANI )