Centre Extends Work From Home for IT Companies Amid COVID-19 Scare

Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Tuesday said that work from home for the IT companies will be extended till July 31, adding that 85 per cent work of the IT is being done from home. Earlier, the work from home was scheduled to end on April 30.

On Tuesday, the Union Minister held a meeting with IT ministers from all states in which he communicated the decision.

Speaking to media persons via video conference, Prasad said that Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Modi has requested to develop an app where the best strategies of all states to contain the pandemic will be shared.

"We have accepted this suggestion. I have asked the National E-Governance Division (NEGD) & National Informatics Centre (NIC) to prepare an app. Both NEGD and NIC have agreed to develop an app in three days," said Prasad.