Centre extends work from home norms for IT sector till December as COVID cases surge

As number of COVID cases in on rise, Central government on Tuesday extended connectivity rms for work from home for IT and BPO companies till December 31. time period for work from home was expiring on July 31.

"DoT has furr extended relaxations in terms and conditions for or service providers up to 31st December 2020 to facilitate work from home in view of ongoing concern due to COVID-19," Department of Telecommunications said in a late-night tweet.

Currently, around 85 percent of IT workforce is working from home and only those performing critical functions are going to offices. In March, DoT relaxed certain rms for OSPs till April 30 to facilitate work from home (WFH) amid coronavirus pandemic which was furr extended till July 31.

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India's COVID tally

India recorded 37,148 COVID-19 cases in last 24 hours, pushing its tally to 11,55,191, while total number of recoveries increased to 7,24,577, according to Union health ministry data issued on 8 am Tuesday.  death toll due to disease rose to 28,084 with 587 fatalities reported in a day, data showed. re are 4,02,529 active cases of coronavirus infection currently in country, while 7,24,577 people have recovered till w. Thus, 62.72 per cent people have recovered so far, ministry said. 

COVID-19 fatality rate has dropped significantly to 2.43 percent from 3.36 percent on June 17 due to effective clinical manment of coronavirus cases, Centre said on Tuesday, asserting country has handled pandemic "relatively well". Thirty states and Union Territories have COVID-19 positivity rate lower than that of national aver which stands at 8.07 percent, told Rajesh Bhushan, an officer on special duty in Union health ministry in a press conference on Tuesday. 

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