With work-from-Home (WFH) continuing for employees in the information technology sector,Maharashtrais mulling to create ‘nodal centres’ on the lines of co-working spaces in smaller cities and towns, from where Software professionals can work for their respective companies, a minister has said.
The state, which is home to the IT hub in Pune and also has a presence of enterprises in other pockets like Mumbai, Nagpur and Nashik, has invited suggestions from the for an ‘inclusive IT policy’, Minister of State for ITSatej Patilhas said.
A lot of the work done by IT professionals is for critical sectors like finance, where privacy concerns and data confidentiality are important which also forced a few of the professionals to continue working from offices even during the lockdowns.
Patil said the government is trying its best to promote IT in Tier-2 and -3 cities. He appealed to industry lobby groupsNasscomand the Software Export Association Pune (SEAP) to come forward with help on creating district-wise databases suggested by Deshpande.