New Delhi, May 11 -- After Prime Minister Narendra Modi's clarion call to conserve fuel and work from home, a union of Information Technology (IT) and IT-enabled services (ITES) employees on Monday wrote to the Union Labour ministry seeking a mandatory directive to work from home.

The Nascent Information Technology Employees Senate (NITES), which is a registered union of IT and ITES employees across India, sought an order from the Union government directing companies to implement mandatory work from home for an appropriate period in the larger national interest.

While addressing a gathering in Hyderabad on Sunday, PM Modi had urged citizens to conserve fuel, work from home, avoid buying gold for a year and limit foreign travel. These sl...