The government has allowed Information Technology (IT) and IT Enables Services, special economic zones to set up disaster recovery centres outside their limits at any part of the country.

The Commerce and Industry Ministry said the locations for such facilities will be approved by the development commissioners on an application made by the SEZ unit. An official said, it was a long pending demand of the industry. IT/ITeS SEZs need such facilities at the time of any type of disasters.

It will certainly help the sector. Further, the guidelines have comprehensively defined the term disaster and has classified it into categories natural and manmade.