released the Draft National Policy on Information Technology, 2011
here today. Speaking on the occasion, Shri Sibal said that Information
Technology is a key driver of an increasingly knowledge based global
economy, and given its current global position in the IT and ITES
sector, India is well positioned to enhance and leverage its existing
IT capabilities for a leadership role. The Minister further said that
the technology has transformational power, and it is a great leveler
of opportunity within and across economies. With the right policies
and investment in infrastructure, he said, we have the opportunity to
strengthen and enhance our position as a global IT power-house. On the
domestic front, use of IT in all sectors can transform our economy,
enhance equity and help the nation to rapidly improve its development
indices.
Shri Sibal highlighted that the draft National Policy on IT
2011 envisages to increase revenues of IT and ITES Industry from 88
Billion USD at present to 300 Billion USD by 2020. In this context, he
underlined the significant contribution of the IT Sector to the growth
of Indian economy over last decade which registered a growth rate of 8
per cent. Since, of a USD 88 Billion IT industry in 2010-11, 80 per
cent of the revenues comes from exports, the Policy proposes to
encourage growth of indigenous demands and market. The proposed Policy
also aims at formulating fiscal and other incentives to attract
investment in this sector in Tier II and Tier III cities.
The Indian IT and ITES sector currently employs over 2.5
million skilled people and has been one of the major employment
generators in the last two decades.
The focus of the IT Policy is on deployment of ICT in all
sectors of the economy and providing IT solutions to the world. The
National Policy on IT aims to strengthen and enhance India's position
as the Global IT hub and to use IT as an engine for rapid, inclusive
and sustainable growth in the national economy.
The Policy aims to maximally leverage the power of ICT
to help address the monumental economic and developmental challenges
the country faces.
The thrust areas of the policy include to:
i. Increase revenues of IT and ITES Industry from 88
Billion USD at present to 300 Billion USD by 2020.
ii. Formulate fiscal and other policies to attract
investment in IT Industry in Tier II & Tier III cities.
iii. Promote innovation and R&D in cutting edge
technologies and development of applications and solutions in areas
like localization, location based services, mobile value added
services, Cloud Computing, Social Media and Utility models.
iv. Provide fiscal benefits to SMEs and startups in the key
industrial sectors for adoption of IT in value creation
v. Leverage Internet, Web and mobile technologies for
developing new products, technologies and businesses.
vi. Integrate Internet based and mobile based delivery of
services onto a common platform to enable seamless, ubiquitous, secure
and personalized delivery of government and non-government services
throughout the country
vii. Integrate Aadhaar, financial and location-based
services into this integrated platform to foster an ecosystem for
innovation in services
viii. Create a pool of 10 million additional skilled manpower in ICT.
ix. Make at least one individual in every household e-literate.
x. Extend the National e-Governance Plan (NeGP) and mandate
provision of all Government services through Electronic mode within a
fixed time frame by enactment of the Electronic Delivery of Services
(EDS) Bill
xi. Enhance transparency, accountability, efficiency,
reliability and decentralization in Government and in particular, in
delivery of public services.
xii. Leverage ICT for key social sector initiatives like
Education, Health, Rural Development and Financial Services to promote
equity and quality.
xiii. Make India global hub for development of language
technologies to encourage and facilitate development of content
accessible in all Indian languages and thereby help bridge the digital
divide.
xiv. Enable access of content and ICT applications by
differently abled people to foster inclusive development.
xv. Facilitate adoption of ICTs in key economic and
strategic sectors to improve their competitiveness and productivity.
xvi. Strengthen the Regulatory and Security Framework for
ensuring a Secure Cyberspace ecosystem
source: http://www.allcurrentaffairs.tk/2011/10/national-policy-on-information.html#ixzz1aBGBc3Hc
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