All authorities workers will likely be urged to attend workplace bodily, and never work at home, Jitendra Singh instructed the Lok Sabha. The Minister of State within the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions has stated that allowing work at home for workers of the Central authorities shouldn’t be possible and workers are required to attend workplace bodily.
The minister of state was answering a query raised by BJP MP Ranjanben Dhananjay Bhatt and NCP MP Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil in Lok Sabha.
Acknowledging that work at home was a chance within the Covid years, he clarified that it couldn’t develop into the brand new regular. “Given the nature of work and its functional requirements, remote working is not feasible for majority of roles in the Government. However, the Government did permit Work from Home as an exception to middle/junior employees during Covid-19 pandemic to enforce social distancing at workplace. As the pandemic restrictions eased off the employees are required to attend the office physically,” Singh stated.
The minister was additionally requested whether or not the Government has carried out any work research concerning the feasibility of such a transfer, nevertheless the query was not notably addressed by Singh.