Work From Home Was 'Illegal' Till 2020? Economist Sanjeev Sanyal Recalls Archaic Rule | Video

New Delhi: Noted economist and historian Sanjeev Sanyal, on Tuesday, cited an archaic rule that me work from home 'illegal'. rule, Sanyal said, me WFH - which became a buzzword in post-COVID-19 era - 'illegal'. Speaking at India Economic Summit 2024 at Republic Media Network Hequarters, Sanyal said that 'we finally got rid' of rule in 2021. 

"NASSCOM did a survey in 2021, to ask from BPO, IT-enabled sectors how many companies h benefitted from getting rid of this… And it was discovered that 92  per cent of BPO, IT-enabled services h ir compliance requirements reduced drastically... Simple change, dramatic improvement in efficiency of economy," Sanyal told an audience that h policy-makers, economists and corporate bigwigs in attendance.

India Economic Summit 2024: Sanjeev Sanyal explains ‘archaic’ rule

Sanyal said rule was called 'Or Service Providers' in Telecom Ministry. said rule mandated that special permissions be obtained from telecom ministry to tell a plan on how y planned to go about using a telecom system. "...I wrote a report and we began to unwind this... It required two efforts, one in 2020 and anor in 2021… but we got rid of this," he said, ding how removal of rule helped several IT and IT-enabled service providers across country.

Work from Home (WFH) became a buzzword in post-COVID era and several companies have opted a permanent or hybrid WFH model in months following pandemic.