IT spending in the country is expected to grow at 8 per cent to USD 92.7 billion in 2021, a report by a consultancy said on Wednesday.
The growth at 8 per cent is a shade less than the world average of 8.6 per cent, Gartner said, adding that global spends on information technology are estimated to come at USD 4.2 trillion.
In India, the overall IT spending growth slowed down to 1.5 per cent to USD 85.865 billion in 2020, probably hit by the pandemic.
Enterprise software will be the biggest growth area, and growth in spends is estimated to be maintained at 16.9 per cent to USD 9.218 billion in 2021, Gartner said.
After a de-growth of 5.9 per cent in 2020, the largest spend category of devices will see a 7.6 per cent growth to USD 38.747 billion in 2021, the analysts estimated.
IT services will register a 10.7 per cent growth to USD 18.103 billion in 2021, as against a 3 per cent growth in 2020, it said.
After a 11.4 per cent de-growth in 2020, spending on data centre systems is estimated to grow by 3.4 per cent to USD 2.706 billion in 2021.