The ability to hire employees from spatially-dispersed locations may help to promote more balanced geographical development, in addition to alleviating pressures of various kinds on major metropolitan areas in India, according to a study by apex business chamber CII and the Faculty of Management Studies (FMS), Delhi, on Monday.

The study, titled ‘Work-from-Home: Benefits and Costs: an Exploratory Study in the Indian Context’, stated that Covid has given rise to many alternative systems, and work from home is a prominent outcome altering the employment ecosystem.