HDFC Bank, India's largest private sector lender, has announced a work-from-home arrangement of up to two days a week for employees in Business Enabling Functions and Corporate Enabling Functions, with immediate effect for the next 30 days, after which the policy will be reviewed.The move follows Prime Minister Narendra Modi's appeal to citizens and corporations to adopt work-from-home and virtual meetings to conserve fuel amid rising crude oil prices. All branches and customer-facing touchpoints will continue to operate as normal.Business Enabling Functions — which include treasury operations, credit underwriting and risk, transaction banking, digital banking, and IT services — and Corporate Enabling Functions — covering human resources, finance and accounts, legal and compliance, and secretarial and board functions, among others — will be covered under the arrangement. HDFC Bank employs over 2,00,000 people across the country.The bank joins a small but growing list of private sector lenders formalising hybrid work arrangements. IndusInd Bank recently rolled out a hybrid work model for a section of its employees, while Axis Bank has maintained a hybrid model for non-customer-facing roles since FY21, requiring staff to come into office two days a week.