Lok Sabha Question No. 225 (STARRED), answered on 2018-01-03
Subject: Revenue from IT Sector
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: VINOD KUMAR BOIANAPALLI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION *225

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 03.01.2018

## REVENUE FROM IT SECTOR

## *225.   SHRI B. VINOD KUMAR:

Will the Minister of Electronics and Information Technology be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  any  plan/roadmap  to  increase  the  revenue  from  the Information Technology (IT) sector and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government is aware of the competition from other countries in IT sector and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  the  Government  plans  to  increase  domestic  manufacturing  of  electronic components and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) whether  the  Government  also  plans  to  increase  the  availability  of  computer/IT programming in regional languages across the country, if so, the details thereof and the steps taken so far in this regard?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)

- (a) to (d):    A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT REFERRED IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.*225 FOR 03.01.2018 REGARDING  REVENUE FROM IT SECTOR.

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(a): Yes, Sir.  The Government has taken a series of steps and initiated programmes under the Digital India Initiative for growth of the Information Technology (IT) sector.  These include steps  to  increase  domestic  Electronic  production,  BPO  promotion  schemes  for  creation  of employment  opportunities and promotion of BPO/ITeS  operations across the country particularly  in  small  cities/towns  including  rural  areas,  re-skilling  and  up-skilling  of  IT workforce in new and emerging IT technologies, and Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan (PMGDISHA) to bring about digital inclusion.

(b): Yes, Sir.  Many countries are building capabilities and offering incentives to compete in the global market to attract IT investments and operations. These include China, Philippines, Malaysia, South Africa, and countries in Eastern Europe.

(c): Yes,  Sir.    The  Government  has  taken  concrete  steps  including  Phased  Manufacturing Programme  (PMP),  the  Modified  Special  Incentive  Package  scheme  (M-SIPS)  and  the Electronics Manufacturing Clusters (EMC) programme to incentivize electronic manufacturing in the country.  Research and Development (R&D) initiatives have been launched for 'Chip to System', 'India Microprocessor', Nano-Electronics and Micro-Electronics.

(d): Yes, Sir.  Under the Technology Development for Indian Languages (TDIL) and Open Source  Software  (FOSS)  development  initiatives  of  the  Government,  fonts,  drivers,  tools, utilities, and standards have been developed and popular software such as Open Office, Libre Office, web browser Firefox, and email client Thunderbird have been localized in all 22 Indian languages including their alternative scripts.  These are made available free to public to enable use of computers in local language as well as to develop applications and content.

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