New Delhi: In a major boost to the tech industry, the government has done away with most of the registration and compliance requirements that will facilitate permanent work from home for companies.
The Department of Telecom on November 5 initiated major reforms and done away with the registration requirements for Other Service Providers (OSPs) altogether and the BPO industry engaged in data related work has been taken out of the ambit of OSP regulations.
Also, requirements such as deposit of bank guarantees, for static IPs, frequent reporting obligations, the publication of network diagram, penal provisions etc. have also been removed. Similarly, several other requirements, which prevents companies from adopting ‘Work from Home’ and ‘Work from Anywhere’ policies have also been removed, the government said in a statement.
The move is seen as the Union government’s attempt to boost ‘ease of doing business in India’ and make India a tech hub. “Committed to furthering ‘Ease of Doing Business’ and making India a tech hub!” PM Narendra Modi said about the government’s latest move.
“GoI has significantly simplified Other Service Provider (OSP) guidelines of the Telecom Department. Compliance burdens of BPO industry will be greatly reduced due to this,” the prime minister tweeted.
Union minister for electronics and IT, Ravi Shankar Prasad also tweeted that the Govt has taken a major reform initiative to liberalize the regulatory regime for OSPs. “This will boost the IT/ ITeS/ BPO industry and create a friendly regime for Work from Home in India. #DigitalIndia.”
The new framework is expected to provide a strong impetus to India’s industry and will make India one of the most competitive IT jurisdictions in the world.”The new guidelines are inspired by Prime Minister Modi’s strong emphasis on Minimum Government, Maximum Governance.
India’s IT industry is a source of pride for the country and the new guidelines are aimed at removing unnecessary bureaucratic restrictions to allow the industry to focus on innovative new products and solutions,” the ministry of communications said in a statement.
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