The Policy aims to leverage Information & Communication Technology (ICT) to address the country’s economic and developmental challenges. The policy is rooted in the conviction that ICT has the power to transform the lives of people.
ICT and Electronics are contributing significantly to the Indian economy, society and governance. IT is a key driver of the knowledge based global economy. The right policies and investment in infrastructure can strengthen and enhance India’s position as a global IT power-house.
Vision
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
Mission
- To consolidate India’s position as the global IT & ITES hub and leverage IT to contribute significantly to GDP and employment
- To create a sustainable ecosystem for R&D and Innovation to emerge as a global leader in the conception, design and development of new products, services, processes and business models
- To leverage ICT for enhanced competitiveness and productivity of key economic and strategic sectors
- To provide ubiquitous affordable access to information and public services for enhancing efficiency, transparency, accountability and reliability
- To be the leading resource base for IT and ITES manpower for domestic and global markets
- To ensure a secure cyber space to facilitate trust and enable sustained growth of ICT
- To transform India into a Knowledge and Service Society
Objectives
- To increase revenues of IT and ITES Industry from 88 Billion USD at present to 300 Billion USD by 2020 and expand exports from 59 Billion USD at present to 200 Billion USD by 2020
- To gain significant global market share in Cloud Based technologies and Services and Mobile based Value added services
- To 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
- To encourage adoption of ICTs in key economic and strategic sectors to improve their competitiveness and productivity
- To provide fiscal benefits to SMEs and Startups in the key industrial sectors for adoption of IT in value creation
- To create a pool of 10 million additional skilled manpower in ICT
- To make at least one individual in every household e-literate
- To provide for mandatory delivery of and affordable access to all public services in electronic mode
- To enhance transparency, accountability, efficiency, reliability and decentralization in Government and in particular, in delivery of public services
- To leverage ICT for key Social Sector initiatives like Education, Health, Rural Development and Financial Services to promote equity and quality
- To 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
- To enable access of content and ICT applications by differently-abled people to foster inclusive development
- To leverage ICT for expanding the workforce and enabling life-long learning
- To strengthen the Regulatory and Security Framework for ensuring a Secure Cyberspace ecosystem
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