New IT policy gets govt nod

Policy proposes to make one individual in every household e-literate

GN Bureau | September 19, 2012



National policy on information technology, which aims at making at least one individual in every household e-literate, has been approved by the government, said DeitY secretary J Satyanarayana on Tuesday.
"The IT policy has been cleared by the government of India recently and the policy addresses number of issues regarding the development of the ICT sector and using it for the growth of the country, not only from the point of exports... ...but an equal emphasis on the domestic sector as well," Satyanarayana said.
The policy aims to strengthen India's position as the global IT hub and using technology for rapid, inclusive and sustainable growth of the national economy.
It is expected to increase revenues of the Indian IT and ITeS industry from USD 88 billion to USD 300 billion by 2020 and increase exports from USD 59 billion to USD 200 billion by 2020.
The policy will promote innovation and research and development in new age technologies and development of applications and solutions in areas like localisation, location-based services, mobile-value added services, cloud computing, social media and utility models as well as entrepreneurship in important sectors by provide monetary support and will help these industries adopt IT for value creation. It will also aim to develop a pool of 10 million additional skilled human resources in the area of IT and communication technologies. The overall agenda is to make at least one person in every household e-literate.
The policy is also expected to provide for mandatory delivery of and affordable access to all public services in electronic mode to enhance transparency and accountability.
It also aims to strengthen the regulatory and security framework for ensuring a secure cyberspace ecosystem.

 

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