The Government of India is working on a scheme to push work-from-home jobs in the IT/ITES sector by offering financial incentives to both employees and employers.
About:
Present status:
Currently, the scheme is proposed for a three-year period till March 31, 2022, with an outlay of about ₹270 crore to create about 50,000 work-from-home jobs.
The initiative is likely to be launched as phase II of the India BPO Promotion Scheme.
Benefits:
Incentivising work-from-home jobs through policy-level initiatives can help in creating jobs in the ITES domain while increasing the available talent pool for the sector.
This will create employment opportunities in the IT/ITES industry, especially for women and differently-abled persons.
Incentives proposed to be given:
For employers, the policy proposes to provide 50% of the actual expenditure on technical infrastructure required for enabling such jobs, with a cap of ₹10,000 per job.
The ‘work-from-home’ policy may extend relaxation in labour laws similar to that given to start-ups under the Startup India programme.
Besides, employees may be provided support for 50% of the cost of a laptop (₹10,000 cap) or smartphone (up to ₹5,000), along with up to ₹350 per month for broadband.
Government is also thinking about offering salary-based incentives to incentivise employees to stick to work-from-home jobs.
Additional incentive would be given to women employees, differently-abled, SC/ST and those from aspirational (backward) districts.
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