The Department of Telecommunications said that it has extended connectivity norms for work from home
New Delhi: The Department of Telecommunications said that it has extended connectivity norms for work from home for information technology and business process outsourcing companies till December 31.
It is said that around 85% of the IT workforce in India is currently working from home.
Work From Home“DoT has further extended the relaxations in the Terms and Conditions for Other Service Providers (OSPs) upto 31st December 2020 to facilitate work from home in view of the on going concern due to #Covid19,” the department tweeted.
The government imposed a nationwide lockdown in March to combat the spread of the coronavirus. Following this, the Department of Telecommunications had relaxed certain norms for IT/ITes companies to permit employees to work from home till April 30, and then extended the deadline to July 31.
CoronavirusIndia on Thursday recorded nearly 46,000 cases, taking the total number of cases to above the 12-lakh mark while death toll in the country is nearly 30,000.
