Telangana IT/ITeS exports up 13.26% at Rs.75000 cr
Sharath Chowdary Information technology (IT) and Information technology enabled services (ITES) exports from Telangana have recorded a healthy growth of 13.26% at Rs.75,070 crore in FY 2016 when compared to Rs.66,276 crore in FY 2015. This is better than the overall India’s IT/ITeS exports growth rate at 12.33% in FY 2016. Telangana is moving decisively towards achieving the set target of doubling the IT/ITeS exports by 2019, the state IT Secretary, Jayesh Ranjan told the Dollar Business Bureau. "Telangana has created employment opportunities to 35,611 people in the IT sector in the previous fiscal with the total number of IT professionals in the state increasing to 4,07,385 in FY 2016 against 3,71,774 in FY 2015," he said. After launching the ICT (information ...
'Infrastructure for information and communication technologies-enabled services, need of the hour'
The Dollar Business Bureau The President of India, Pranab Mukherjee, on Friday, pitched on the need for improving infrastructure facilities in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)-enabled services across the country. Stating that Wi-Fi services could be rolled out in public places across the country, both in urban and rural India, the President called upon the concerned authorities to ensure availability of infrastructure for Internet and ICT-enabled services across the country and use it in a systematic manner. The President was speaking after the inauguration of 24 Hot Spots with 30 Wi-Fi access points in the President’s Estate on Friday. Speaking further, the President informed that India stands at 89th position in Network Readiness Index and countries like Singapore, Finland and ...
