Another of India's primary concerns is the scarce capital available to address the problem. India is a large exporter of human resources trained for Y2K remediation work. The minister of science and technology chairs an advisory committee established in 1997 and comprised of representatives from the public and private sectors. Y2K compliant by March 1999. Sri Lanka A national task force consisting of government representatives was established last March and is led by the Computer Information Technology Council.
Testing continues on a weekly basis.
The task force will report the status of compliance efforts to the president on December 16. The government is searching for a third party to assist it with the testing phase. As a result of a 1996 bomb blast, the central bank is compliant was forced to replace all its old systems. It is responsible for monitoring a World Bank loan for addressing the Y2K problem. Telecommunications is an area of concern, while significant progress has been made in the power and banking sectors.