Lockdown: Govt relaxes ‘work from home’ connectivity norms for IT, BPO firms till July-end

New Delhi: The government has extended relaxations of certain norms till 31 July to facilitate work from home for employees of information technology and business process outsourcing (BPO) firms, electronics and IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said on Tuesday.

The exemptions included requirement for a security deposit to be paid, requirement of certain authorised virtual private networks (VPN), and the need for prior permission for setting up a ‘work from home’ facility.

These provisions, made through a government notification on 13 March, were likely to expire on Thursday.