Lok Sabha Question No. 3119 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-19
Subject: Increase of Revenue in IT Sector
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Smt. Manju Sharma

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION. NO. 3119

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 19.03.2025

## INCREASE OF REVENUE IN IT SECTOR

## †3119. SMT. MANJU SHARMA:

Will the Minister of ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state:

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

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI JITIN PRASADA)

(a) and (b): The Indian IT industry has a leading position globally and has been progressively contributing  to  the  growth  of  exports  and  creation  of  employment  opportunities.  As  per National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM), India's IT industry is  expected  to  reach  at  USD  283  Billion,  including  exports  of  USD  224  Billion  providing direct employment to over 5.8 million people in FY2024-25 (E). Government has come up with various initiatives to promote IT industry across the country which include setting up of 67 centres of Software Technology Parks of India, 100% Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), BPO Promotion Schemes for small towns/cities, National Policy on Software Products-2019 (NPSP 2019), various skill development program through 55 centres of National Institute of Electronics  &  Information  Technology  (NIELIT),  FutureSkills  PRIME  for  re-skilling/  upskilling of IT professionals, promotion of Start-up ecosystem through Technology Incubation and  Development  of  Entrepreneurs  (TIDE  2.0),  Startup  Accelerator  of  MeitY  for  Product Innovation, Development, and Growth (SAMRIDH), Domain Specific Centres of Excellence (CoEs),  Gen-Next  Support  for  Innovative  Startups  (GENESIS)    etc.  These  initiatives  have played a crucial role for growth of IT industry.

(c):  Government  has  taken  several  measures  to  boost  electronics  manufacturing  including semiconductors in the country and incentivize large investments in the electronic goods and appliances  as  well  as  to  promote  exports.  Ministry  of  Electronics  &  IT  (MeitY)  notified National  Policy  on  Electronics  2019  (NPE  2019)  under  which  it  introduced  Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Schemes for Large Scale Electronics Manufacturing and IT Hardware with  a  Budget  outlay  of  Rs.  34,193  Cr  and  Rs.  17,000  Crore  respectively,  Scheme  for Promotion of Manufacturing of Electronic Components and Semiconductors (SPECS) with a budget outlay of Rs. 3,285 Crore and the Modified Electronics Manufacturing Clusters 2.0 (EMC 2.0) with a budget outlay of Rs. 3,762 crore. Further, the Semicon India programme was launched with a total outlay of Rs 76,000 crore for the development of semiconductor and display manufacturing ecosystem in the country.

(d) and (e): The National Language Technology Mission (BHASHINI), has been launched by the  Hon'ble  Prime  Minister  in  July'  2022  to  provide  Artificial  Intelligence  (AI) driven language technology solutions through Bhashini platform (https://bhashini.gov.in) for all 22 Scheduled Indian Languages.  Bhashini APIs are available (https://apisetu.gov.in ) for anyone to integrate with any application.

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