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1 Development India IT and Industry Sustainability A Perspective of Technology Parks Conference on Economic Partnership with Africa Dr. Anita Bhatnagar Jain Joint Secretary Department of Information Technology Ministry of Communications & Information Technology ovember 22,

2 India India: Diversity and Development India: : Diversity & Development 1.2 billion plus people, 70% rural Multi-lingual 22 Official Languages Multi religious Multi-ethnic Federal Structure 35 States & Union Territories 600,000+ villages Multi-party Multi-tiered democracy 240,000+ Local Bodies

3 The India Story: GDP Growth 10.00% 9.00% 9.4% 9.0% 8.6% 8.00% 7.2% 8.0% Projected 7.00% 6.7% 6.00% 5.00% 4.00% 3.00% 2.00% 1.00% 0.00% '08 08-'09 09-'10 10-'11 11-'12 3

4 India Story The India Story.. contd. Large domestic market 560 million consumers in age group expected by th largest consumer market by 2025 Increased disposable incomes & changing lifestyles Infrastructure initiatives infrastructure spend to be the biggest thrust in coming years Investment in infrastructure in past five years doubled from 4% to 8% of GDP US$ 1 trillion investment proposed for Human capital Third largest pool of scientific & technical manpower Large English speaking population Over 400 universities (17,600 colleges) 1,500 research institutions and 9,000 PhDs Over 500,000 engineering graduates, 250,000 post graduates and 5,000,000 graduates annually

5 India Story The India Story.. contd. Right to Information Act Transparency & Accountability Transitioning to International Financial Reporting System (IFRS) Information Technology Act and Essential Services Delivery Act Roadmap for Direct Tax Code (DTC) and Goods and Services Tax (GST) City Cost competitiveness Price Levels (including Rent) Net Wage Levels New York Tokyo Taipei Hong Kong Beijing Delhi Mumbai Pro investment environment 100% FDI permitted in ICT sector Third most attractive FDI location in the world (AT Kearney FDI Confidence Index 2010) Source : Prices and Earnings Report August 2010, UBS

6 Highlights - Telecommunications Over 886 mn telecom subscribers 100 mn Internet users mn broadband subscribers Fastest Growth in the world Lowest Tariffs in the world Rural penetration expected to reach 36% by 2011

7 India s share of global sourcing market and global offshore market Global market for software and services (including BPO) accounted for over US$1.0 trillion during India s Share of Global Sourcing Market in US$ Billion India Share of Global Offshoring Market 106 Others India India Share IT Service Export 64 Others India India's BPO Exports Others India % 55% 52% 70% 45% 34% 7

8 Global Offshoring Market Share 2010 CEE 5% Others 17% Phillipines 6% India 55% Canada 17% Source: NASSCOM SR 2011

9 Growth in IT/ITeS INR Bn IT-ITeS Domestic Revenue Software products/ engineering BPO IT Services (P) (E) (P)

10 Employment Generated by IT-IT Million Nos Direct Employment 3 Direct Employment (P) Indirect Employment : 8 million 10

11 Computer software and hardware sector accounted for over 10% of the total FDI received by the country in the last decade ( ) Indian IT-BPO companies completed about 200 cross-border acquisitions over FY2005-FY 2009 Indian IT-BPO industry helped clients in the US and Europe save over USD billion in 2009 Attracting foreign investment Establishing global presence through cross-border acquisitions Source: NASSCOM-Evalueserve Study Brand India Contributing to the development of source economics Building a strong Brand India Emerging as global multinationals through onshore/ nearshore centres Becoming a global hub for R&D Global standards in governance and delivery of quality Indian IT-BPO companies are developing a hub and spoke model of operations emerging as multinationals with global delivery capacity Establishment of over 900 MNC captives in the last decade World s 6 largest software corporations have established their business units in India In 2008, IT-BPO cos. formed nearly 17% of the companies listed on S&P s ESG (Environment, Social and Governance) index in India As of 2009, India hosts 35% of the entities registered with CMMI level 5 11

12 Highlights IT Sector National e-governance Plan (NeGP) covering 27 Mission Mode Projects and 8 support components State wide area Network across the country 100,000 Common Services Centres (CSCs) over 6000 blocks in rural areas being established in PPP mode. Another 150,000 CSCs by We hope to spend about 10 billion US$ in our e- Governance initiatives. Information Technology Act (2000) enacted in 2000 which has recently been amended to bring it inline with latest developments. Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) established to tackle challenges in area of information security and vulnerabilities. 12

13 International Outreach India has been collaborating with various Developed and Developing countries in ICT sector India is collaborating with developed Nations: to learn emerging technologies developing countries: to assist them in ICT4D 13

14 Major International Initiatives in Africa Cyber City in Mauritius Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence in IT in Ghana Centre of Excellence in IT Tanzania Centre of Excellence in IT Seychelles Centre of Excellence in IT Lesotho Pan-Africa network Hole-in-the-Wall projects in countries like Namibia, Zambia and Uganda 14

15 Use of ICT for MDGs - Inclusive Growth e-governance Human Resource Development Development of ICT Industry Sustainable Development 15

16 Mission Mode Projects (MMPs) India egp Programme - Mission Mode Projects Central (10) Banking Insurance Income Tax Central Excise MCA 21 Pensions Passport e-office (Pilot) National ID / UID Immigration and Visa Posts Industry Integrated (7) India Portal NSDG CSC e-courts EDI e-biz e-procurement State (14) Land Records /NLRMP Transport Commercial Taxes e-district Treasuries Municipalities Police CCTNS Agriculture Gram Panchayats Employment Exchange Health Education PDS Gone Live Under Implementation Design & Development New MMP

17 Partnership with Africa in IT Sector Technology Support in ICT IT Infrastructure IT Education Skill Development Employment Generation E-Health Services

18 Health Informatics : Multidisciplinary in Nature Medicine Biology Computer Science Health Informatics Statistical Analysis Information Science Psychology It deals with the integrated usage of Information, Communication and Electronics technologies for offering better health services.

19 Telemedicine As complex as Interactive Robotic Surgery As simple as a Phone Call Deals with delivery of health care, through exchange of information across distances, using ICT It includes Tele-Consultation and Tele-Diagnosis

20 Tele-Education It uses e-learning framework for Continuing Medical Education (CME) Its applications may range from Public Education on health care issues to Real-time video broadcasting of an operation being carried out in an OT to multiple groups of medical students

21 C-DAC - a premier R&D organization of the GOI in the ICT sector C-DAC s Focus Areas in Health Informatics Hospital Information System (HIS) Tele-Medicine Tele-Education Decision Support Systems (including traditional medicine) Medical Informatics Standards Bioinformatics Health Grids Others

22 Tanzania telemedicine centre

23 C-DAC : Possible Areas of Contributions e-content Development, FOSS Knowledge Pool Skill Certification Monitoring & Evaluation Integrity (Policies & Regulations) Association & Partnership Workshops & Conferences Infrastructure & Access Service Analysis, Planning & Bridging Grid, e-learning, Accessible tools Master Trainer & Short-term Courses

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