New Delhi, May 14 -- The Union power ministry has advised public sector units (PSUs) under its administrative control to promote work from home and reduce employees' foreign travel after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's recent appeal for rationalised use of energy amid the West Asia crisis.

The PSUs under the power ministry are NTPC, Power Grid Corp of India Ltd, Power Finance Corp, REC Ltd.

In an advisory, the ministry asked these companies to evaluate the possibility of some of their employees working from home one day a week. It also suggested that if feasible, up to 20% of staff may be permitted to work from home any day of the week.

Along these lines, the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), an agency under the power ministry, is unde...