The Tech Industry Can Now Permanently WFH

In a massive reform for the technology industry, which will facilitate permanent ‘Work from home‘and’ work from anywhere ‘for businesses, the government has removed most of the registration and compliance requirements.

Under the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) Other Service Provider (OSP) guidelines, the registration requirement for OSPs has been removed entirely and the BPO industry involved in data-related work has been removed from the scope of the regulations. of OSP. In addition, requirements such as deposit of bank guarantees, static IPs, frequent reporting obligations, publication of network diagram, penal provision, etc. have also been eliminated. Similarly, several other requirements were also removed, preventing companies from adopting work-from-home and work-from-anywhere policies, the government said in a statement Thursday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted that India’s IT seL1m prowess is recognized globally and that the government is committed to doing everything possible to ensure an environment conducive to growth and innovation in India.

According to previous reports, in an attempt to accelerate not only work from home but also long-term work from anywhere for the $ 190 billion IT and ITeS industry; The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology had created an inter-ministerial group that has been coordinating with ministries such as telecommunications, labor and commerce to make temporary relaxations permanent and also introduce large-scale reforms to boost work from home.

Ashish Aggarwa1, Head of Public Policy at Nasscom said the latest DoT guidelines are a bold reform for the Indian BPM / ITES Industry. “Nasscom has worked closely with the government on this and it is to the credit of the government and especially the DoT that they have gone the extra mile to ensure all industry requirements are met. The reforms will greatly strengthen India as the global hub for BPO outsourcing, encourage remote working and create new job opportunities in smaller cities, he added.

The industry applauded the move with experts such as the former Infosys board member TV Mohandas Pai calling it a “great government move for all citizens” and a “wonderful reform” on Twitter.