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IT firms unlikely to resume operations instantly, to see staggered opening

Most companies are going to continue to let employees work from home

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Most of the companies do not want to take the risk of bringing their employees back to the campus in sizable numbers, because the fear of catching the novel coronavirus still persists

Neha AlawadhiDebasis Mohapatra New Delhi/Bengaluru
The Ministry of Home Affairs on Wednesday permitted information technology (IT) and IT-enabled services firms to function at 50 per cent strength beginning April 20, but most are unlikely to open up operations instantly in the absence of long-term solutions for ending the coronavirus pandemic.

Most companies are going to continue to let employees work from home. When they do allow employees to come back in larger numbers, social distancing plans, frequent sanitization and temperature checking plans are likely to be put in place as a more longer-term plan.

Allowing IT/ITeS services as part of the permitted activities from April