Traders body CAIT appreciates PM Narendra Modi's 'Digital India' mission; urges Government to bring WFH policy

The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) said that the Work From Home (WFH) culture has evolved over the past two years of COVID-19 pandemic and urged the Prime Minister Narendra Modi to bring concrete and structured rules and policies in order to run it smoothly.

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The CAIT has acknowledged the Prime Minister's vision of 'Digital India' and said that not only the corporate sector but also the non-corporate sector consisting of small businesses, small Industries, transport, self-employed persons, women entrepreneurs and other sectors have emerged as the front runner in adopting and accepting modern digital techniques in their existing format of trade and commerce, as Zee Business reporter Ambarish Pandey reported.

B C Bhartia, National President, CAIT and Praveen Khandelwal, Secretary General, CAIT said that in the letter to PM Modi it has been mentioned that COVID-19 has brought a new business model in India and over the globe , the WFH model has evolved on its own. Furthermore, has proven to be a successful model throughout the country.

Bhartia and Khandelwal have urged PM Narendra Modi   to formulate an exhaustive rules and regulations for Work From Home working model to prevent dispute and conflicts between the employer and employees at any stage in the future considering it as a new dynamic working module. As it is a quite new system and as there is no law governing the WFH system in the country, it necessitates a comprehensive and robust policy and guidelines keeping into consideration all the related factors.

They further added that the WFH model has accelerated the transition from work in office spaces to working remotely in adverse situation. It has also been pointed out that this model has the capabilities to reduce the infrastructure cost considerably along with many other benefits is certainly going to stay even after the COVID-19 crisis is being resolved as it has now become an integral part of the trade and commerce.

Recently, the Delhi government has ordered the closure of private offices and do work from home due to the rise in the number of COVID-19 cases in the national capital. Likewise , many other states have asked people to do work from home by putting several restrictions.

CAIT has pointed out that it is important to govern the WFH policy to prevent future hustles and become an effective tool of highest productivity which will ultimately culminate into substantial growth of GDP and economy of the country.