NEW DELHI: The department of telecom has extended the exemption given to the IT & ITeS industry to work from home till December this year. The exemption was going to expire at the end of July.
“In view of the ongoing concerns due to Covid-19, the department has decided to further extend these relaxations upto Decmeber 31, 2020…”
The industry has cheered the move.
“Thank you to the government for their tremendous support on the new ways of working from day 1. This has helped tremendously in further elevating our standing and responsiveness globally,” tweeted Rishad Premji, chairman of Wipro.
India’s IT industry has been asking the government to make permanent the relaxations to allow employees to work from home so that companies are able to optimise their existing real estate and quickly adopt a blended model of remote working and from the office.
“Thank u @rsprasad n Secretary @DoT_India for your strong support for Indian IT. This will ensure business continuity n employee safety.. n also increase our talent pool to tier 2 n 3 cities,” tweeted Debjani Ghosh, president of Nasscom.
Since March, India’s IT industry has moved over 90% of its 4.3 million workforce to work remotely due to the Covid-19 imposed lockdown.
