The Policy aims to leverage Information & Communication Technology (ICT) to address the country’s economic and developmental challenges
The Policy envisages the growth of the IT market to $300 Billion and creation of additional 10 million employments by 2020.
The Policy will promote an inclusive and equitable society. The Policy is oriented towards use of ICT to consciously promote decentralization and empowerment of citizens.
The thrust areas of the policy include:-
To increase revenues of IT and ITES (Information Technology Enabled Services) Industry andgain significant global market-share in emerging technologies and 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 create a pool of 10 million additional skilled manpower in ICT.
To enhance transparency, accountability, efficiency, reliability and decentralization in Government and in particular, in delivery of public services.
To make India the 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 strengthen the Regulatory and Security Framework for ensuring a Secure and legally compliant Cyberspace ecosystem.
