Govt frames work from anywhere guidelines for tech and BPO firms

The shackles have finally come off the technology industry.

The Modi government has framed new guidelines that will allow the Big Boys of the tech world and the scatter dust of business process outsourcing (BPO) firms in the country to introduce the concept of Work from Anywhere — opening up the scope for creating technology sector jobs in the remotest corners of the country.

The industry had been badgering the government to remove a host of technology-related and procedural restrictions that corralled its ambitions to break out of the confining environment of Tier-1 cities, which had severely limited outreach possibilities and their ability to pare costs.