Earlier, the Centre had allowed the software professionals to work from home till April 30. The announcement was made by Union Minister for Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad in a video conference with various state officials
The central government has extended relaxed connectivity norms for ‘work from home’, applicable to the Information technology sector and Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) companies till July 31 in the wake of the coronavirus crisis.
Earlier the Centre had relaxed terms and conditions for VPN till April 30. However, after a discussion with IT Ministers this relaxation has now been extended till July 31.The announcement was made by Union Minister for Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad in a video conference with various state officials. Prasad also told the state ministers that work from home should become the new norm.
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Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister Dr Ashwath Narayan CN made an appeal to Prasad to allow software professionals from IT industry to work from home till 2021. To which Prasad said, “Currently, we will allow professionals to work from home until July 31, and depending on the situation thereafter, the government will take a suitable decision.”
Industry body Nasscom said the decision would help IT and BPO firms to chalk out their strategy of bringing back workforce to offices in a gradual and phased manner.
Source: Business Today
