mint - About 90% of IT employees and 70-80% of BPOs and IT SMEs are estimated to be working from home now
- The IT sector has transitioned fairly well to the work-from-home (WFH) option and client delivery has been relatively smooth, said experts
NEW DELHI : Only about a tenth of India’s $191-billion IT and IT enabled services (ITeS) industry may end up working from offices in the months ahead, according to industry body Nasscom and industry executives.
Nasscom had earlier advised its members to start with 15-20% of their workforce in the first phase, though home ministry guidelines allowed IT and ITeS firms to operate with 50% strength from Monday.
The industry body has however revised its guidance, given the spread of the covid-19 pandemic and increase in the number of containment zones. Besides, companies would rather wait to see the situation normalize further instead of risking another reorganization in case infections flare up after the curbs on movement are lifted.
“Our back-to-work guidance to the industry would be to allow about 10% workforce in phase 1 given the current environment. Many areas are sealed and are containment zones such as Noida, Greater Noida, Pune and Telangana. There will be no action there,” said Sangeeta Gupta, senior vice-president and chief strategy officer, Nasscom.
