Info-tech
Related
links
NASSCOM - Indian
IT Industry
NASSCOM - Indian
IT Software and Services Industry
(courtesy - NASSCOM)
Pune's
Business Environment is conducive to harbour a large number of Info-tech
industries. With a number of industries already flourishing, and the
potential still untapped, Pune is bound to attract new investors and move on
to being the next hi-tech city of the country.
A number of initiative from State as well as Central government has led to a tremendous growth of the IT industry in Maharashtra. The abundant bandwidth, conveniently located IT parks, fiscal and non-fiscal incentives have made Pune and Maharashtra an attractive destination for many leading Software companies like Infosys, Wipro, Satyam, Geometric Software etc.
NATIONAL
I.T. POLICY
In
May 1998, the Prime Minister of India formed a National Taskforce on
Information Technology and Software Development to formulate a long term
National IT policy for the country and also removes impediments for the
growth of the infotech industry in India. The objective was to help India
emerge as an IT software superpower. The Taskforce has submitted three key
reports to the government, suggesting various measures to build India's
infotech industry and proliferate use of IT in the country. The three
reports include:
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IT
Action Plan - I (Software)
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IT
Action Plan - II (Hardware)
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IT
Action Plan - III (Long Term National IT Policy)
State IT Policies
In
the last few years, 18 state governments have announced I.T. policies.
These policies focus on the key issues of infrastructure, electronic governance,
IT education, providing a facilitator environment and increasing IT proliferation
in the respective state governments. Maharashtra is one of them. In this
section, we have provided the details on some key contacts and useful
links.