The government, on Wednesday 05.05.2010,
relaxed its policy for IT SEZs and allowed the employees to
carry out their duties even from home.
The ministry's decision comes following representations from
IT professionals, SEZ developers and other stakeholders. The
relaxation, however, would be allowed in certain specific cases.
"...as an exemption it has been decided...that only
in respect of employees temporarily de-capacitated and in
respect of employees travelling, they may be permitted to
work from home or outside the SEZ," the ministry said.
But the ministry made it clear that the resultant export must
take place from the premises of the unit in SEZ. Several IT
SEZ developers including DLF, Unitech and Mahindra Satyam
had approached the ministry to seek more time to execute their
projects following massive demand slump due to the recent
global financial meltdown.
Source: PTI
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