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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Govt-to-unveil-new-IT-policy-on-May-23/articleshow/47194549.cms
Panaji: With the objective of giving a push for IT industry in the state, chief minister Laxmikant Parsekar on Thursday said that the government would soon unveil IT policy providing "attractive incentives" for entrepreneurs to set up shop in Goa.
"Right from day one, I have been trying to focus on IT industry as I believe this industry has much potential for employment in the state. In this direction, we are holding a meeting of IT enterpreneurs on May 22 and 23", Parsekar told TOI.
We will release the IT policy and will then have an investors meet and based on the feedback, we will fine-tune the policy later," IT director Shilpa Shinde said.
The decision to release the IT policy appears rushed, especially since deliberations over the new IT policy had begun barely a few months ago and most of the local IT companies appear to be in the dark about the new IT policy. "It is a requirement of the time and we did not expect the transfer of the land to happen so fast," Shinde clarified.
The new IT policy will function as a sub-policy of the Goa Investment Policy and under that framework, all clearances will be given by the Investment Promotion Board. The 3-page policy will focus on Electronic System Design and Manufacturing (ESDM) and will cater to companies coming up at the IT park in Chimbel and Tuem.
Computer manufacturer HCL Infosystems had originally evinced interest in setting up operations in the state but according to sources, the long delay and bureaucratic hurdles put paid to those plans.
Goa's Information Technology department had begun working on a new and comprehensive IT Policy modeled on the Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh IT policies to replace the IT policy 2005 which was scrapped on March 12. The initial proposal states that the government was supposed to invite heads of various companies to seek their inputs and feedback before framing the new IT policy and the same was to be unveiled after 6 months.
As of now, the IT department has only met with the industry department and other associated departments for deliberations over the skeletal IT policy that will be released.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Govt-to-unveil-new-IT-policy-on-May-23/articleshow/47194549.cms
"Right from day one, I have been trying to focus on IT industry as I believe this industry has much potential for employment in the state. In this direction, we are holding a meeting of IT enterpreneurs on May 22 and 23", Parsekar told TOI.
We will release the IT policy and will then have an investors meet and based on the feedback, we will fine-tune the policy later," IT director Shilpa Shinde said.
The decision to release the IT policy appears rushed, especially since deliberations over the new IT policy had begun barely a few months ago and most of the local IT companies appear to be in the dark about the new IT policy. "It is a requirement of the time and we did not expect the transfer of the land to happen so fast," Shinde clarified.
The new IT policy will function as a sub-policy of the Goa Investment Policy and under that framework, all clearances will be given by the Investment Promotion Board. The 3-page policy will focus on Electronic System Design and Manufacturing (ESDM) and will cater to companies coming up at the IT park in Chimbel and Tuem.
Computer manufacturer HCL Infosystems had originally evinced interest in setting up operations in the state but according to sources, the long delay and bureaucratic hurdles put paid to those plans.
Goa's Information Technology department had begun working on a new and comprehensive IT Policy modeled on the Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh IT policies to replace the IT policy 2005 which was scrapped on March 12. The initial proposal states that the government was supposed to invite heads of various companies to seek their inputs and feedback before framing the new IT policy and the same was to be unveiled after 6 months.
As of now, the IT department has only met with the industry department and other associated departments for deliberations over the skeletal IT policy that will be released.
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