<span style="color: #222222;">Minister of State in PMO Dr Jitendra Singh has said that pregnant women employees and Divyang employees have been exempted from attending office due to rising COVID cases. Briefing about the guidelines issued by the Department of Personnel and Training in the wake of the third wave of the pandemic, Dr Singh said, pregnant women and Divyang employees will be required to remain available and work from home. He added that all officials and staff living in the Containment Zone shall also be exempted from coming to office till the time Containment Zone is denotified.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The Minister said that the physical attendance of government servants below the level of Under Secretary has been restricted to 50 per cent of the actual strength and the remaining 50 per cent will work from home. However, he said, the officials and staff who are not attending the office and are working from home shall remain available on telephone and other electronic means of communications at all times.</span>