10.10.11

Draft IT policy

The government on Friday unveiled the draft policy on information technology, 2011, aiming at creating a pool of extra 10 million skilled manpower by 2020 and strengthening India’s position as a global IT power. The policy also targets exports worth $200 billion and a revenue of $300 billion by 2020 from the IT and ITes industry, communication and IT minister Kapil Sibal said. The shipment is worth $59 billion, while the revenue is $88 billion at present. “Our objective is to increase revenues of IT and ITeS industry from $88 billion to $300 billion by 2020 and expand exports from $59 billion at present to $200 billion by 2020.”

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