KOLKATA: The state government has allowed additional relaxations to information technology (IT) and IT-enabled service (ITES) sectors, all production units, mills and industrial units to function with 100% workforce, provided all are vaccinated. The order was issued on Monday, adding that it will be effective from now on.
Till now, all these sectors were allowed to function with 50% workforce. “This is a welcome move as our production unit was suffering a lot because of lack of enough manpower. Ours is a manpower-intensive production sector” said Mohamed Aftab, a leather goods manufacturer.
IT sector employees welcome the decision as well. “We had become used to working from home for quite a long time. This will come as a relief. However, it would be up to the companies as to on which mode they will prefer,” said Kaustav De, a senior IT executive.
“Now, many firms will follow the hybrid model. We will follow the vaccination rules. Flexibility will increase and we will be able to make easy decisions,” said Sector V stakeholders association vice-president Kalyan Kar.
