The new Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Policy which is likely to come up next month will bring in huge investment in the electronic hardware sector including the Electronic Semiconductor Design Manufacturing (ESDM),” said Information and Technology Secretary Madhusudan Padhi here on Tuesday.
While addressing the valedictory function of the IT Expo-2013, jointly organised by the Information Technology Association of Odisha (ITAO) and the Odisha Computer Application Centre (OCAC), he said the Information Technology (IT) Department would give a proposal to the Central Government for developing the Electronic Semiconductor Design Mmanufacturing sector.
“Since the last few years, we have been promoting the Information Technology and Information Technology-enabled services (ITES) sector in a big way, as a result of which now IT majors like Infosys, Tata Consultancy Services and Wipro have set up their bases in the State,” he added.
“Moving forward, now we are focusing on the hardware and electronics sector, for which we are preparing a proposal to be submitted to the Government of India for promotion of the sector,” he informed.
The proposal is being prepared by the India Electronics and Semiconductor Association (IESA). Under the proposal, the Central Government would provide
` 80 crore for development of the sector in the State, Padhi further added.
As many as 44 IT companies participated in the IT Expo-2013.