Many of Indias formal-economy workers have spent the past eight weeks working from home, and according to a new survey by IBM, over half of the remote workers want to remain part of a new remote workforce.

"The forced shift to operating as a largely remote workforce has led to nearly 40 per cent of respondents indicating they feel strongly that their employer should provide employee opt-in remote work options when returning to normal operations. And remote work appears to be growing on people, as more than 75 per cent indicate they would like to continue to work remotely at least occasionally, while more than half - 54 per cent - would like this to be their primary way of working," the IBM study, which had 25,000 respondents, said.