Andhra CM Advocates For Work From Home For Women: 3 Key Details, Its Impact, And More

Ahead of Women’s Day 2025, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu proposes a work-from-home policy for women professionals. Scroll down to learn more about this new policy and its impact on working women.

Anukriti Srivastava
Editorial
Updated - 2025-02-18, 17:52 IST

The Andhra Pradesh government plans to promote ‘Work From Home’, especially for women to ensure work-life balance for women professionals. Chief Minister, N Chandrababu Naidu took to X (formerly known as twitter) to share his initiatives, encouraging work-from-home for working women to foster greater participation of women in the workforce. Scroll down to learn more about this initiative and its impact.

Andhra Pradesh Government Work From Home Initiative

Ahead of Women’s Day 2025, the Andhra Pradesh government plans to encourage a ‘Work From Home’ policy, especially for women. Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu shared on X that under the Andhra Pradesh IT & GCC Policy 4.0, “We’re offering incentives for developers to create IT office spaces in every city/town/mandal and supporting IT/GCC firms to generate employment at the grassroots. I’m confident these initiatives will foster greater workforce participation, especially of women professionals, who will benefit through flexible remote/hybrid work options.”

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3 Key Points About This Policy

Here are the key points about this new policy:

The Andhra Pradesh IT and Global Capability Centres Policy 4.0 aims to attract the best IT companies to the state. Under this policy, companies will be encouraged to offerwork-from-home options for working professionals to ensure work-life balance, especially for women.
Additionally, this policy fosters equal access to growth opportunities for women in the fields of science and technology.

The COVID-19 pandemic led to the implementation of work-from-home policies in most sectors; however, no nationwide work-from-home policy exists. Some sectors and companies do allow flexible working policies for their employees.

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Impact Of Work From Home Policy

Amidst advocacy from renowned industrialists for working from the office even on Sundays and working 70 hours every week, the Andhra Pradesh government’s initiative to promote work-from-home is garnering attention. Naidu emphasised that “Concepts like remote work, Neighbourhood Workspaces (NWS), and coworking spaces (CWS) can empower businesses and employees alike to create a flexible and productive work environment.” He highlighted that this policy will increasewomen's participation in the workforce and help them achieve a better work-life balance.

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