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Nasscom urges Centre to reimburse 'paid leave' to employees during lockdown

Nasscom requested the FM to allow expenses incurred by companies in enabling Work from Home (WFH) for its employees as an eligible business expense

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Nasscom also requested to slash the GST rate from 18 per cent to 5 per cent for sale of goods or provision of services

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Indian IT BPM industry Nasscom has urged the Centre to reimburse the payroll cost of employees who were on "paid leave" on account of any coronavirus lockdown measures till March 31, 2021, among other concessions and facilities.

According to a memorandum, covering issues related to various ministries also, submitted to the Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Nasscom has also urged to exempt IT-ITeS establishments from payment of statutory bonus for FY 2020-2021 and allow cross utilisation of SEZ and STPI locations for Business continuation Planning (BCP) scenarios, news agency PTI reported.

The body requested the FM to allow expenses incurred by

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