Amid rising Covid-19 cases, the Centre has exempted pregnant women and physically challenged employees from attending office.

Briefing about the guidelines issued by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) in the wake of the third wave of the pandemic, Union Minister of State Jitendra Singh said, "Pregnant women and `Divyang`(differently-abled) employees have been exempted from attending office. However, they will be required to remain available and work from home. All officials and staff living in the containment zones will also be exempted from coming to office till the time it is denotified."