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Odisha: New ICT Policy and ESDM At the e-Odisha Summit, held in collaboration with Government of Odisha and Elets Technomedia Pvt. Ltd., state’s new ICT Policy was launched formally by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. The vision of ICT policy is twofold; one, to bring in investments in the ICT and ESDM sector and second, to take e-Governance to the citizens so that they can get services closer to their home. Government has targeted to increasing its IT related exports from about 2000 crores in 2012-13 to about 20000 crores by 2020. The government is also aiming to encourage at least five top companies IT/ITES and five ESDM companies to set up their development centres in the state so that they not only bring the investment but also create employment opportunities. The state is also aiming to support the local industries in the field of IT, so that their capacities can grow to a much larger extent. Apart from that, the government also has special programme for skill development, R&D and entrepreneurship.
Public - Private Partnership Odisha’s e-Governance projects are mostly executed through PPP models. The government been working with many private partners for creation of better e-Governance systems. “Now that the State Government is moving with fast track implementation of e-Governance projects, it is necessary that we develop good ways with collaborating with Private Partners. However, the SLAs have to be prepared carefully so that we can create the best possible initiatives at minimum costs,” said Madhusudan
Naveen Patnaik, Chief Minister, Odisha launches state’s IT policy in eOdisha 2014 event.
Odisha government has targeted to increasing its IT related exports from about 2000 crores in 2012-13 to about 20000 crores by 2020. The government is also aiming to encourage at least five top companies IT/ITES and five ESDM companies to set up their development centres in the state
Padhi, former Commissioner-Cum-Secretary, Department of IT, Government of Odisha.
Uttar Pradesh: Unlimited Potential The success that India has achieved in the export of Information Technology Software and related services over the past decade is now
Javed Usmani, Chief Secretary, Uttar Pradesh inaugurates eGov magazine in eUttarPradesh 2013 event.
being acknowledged globally. Today the nation accounts for 65 percent of the global market in IT off shoring and 46 percent of the ITES market. The growth of the sector has led to tremendous pay-offs in terms of wealth creation and generation of high quality employment. People in all parts of the country have contributed seminally to the success that the nation has achieved in the IT sector. The Government of Uttar Pradesh is now trying to attract major Information Technology related investments in the State. The state government recognizes that IT Industry can be a big job generator. So if all the software makers, the hardware makers, the BPOs, were to set up their establishments in Uttar Pradesh, it will lead to a big improvement in the employment situation. The UP government is very keen on making that happen and has already announced a package of incentives for the IT industry. The state government is also developing an IT City in Lucknow as the state has undertaken the major initiative of developing IT parks in Tier III cities. Many prominent
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