National Policy on Information Technology 2012

The Government has recently approved the National Policy on Information Technology 2012, which aims to make at least one individual in every household e-literate among other objectives. Here are some important points, just to glance through.

• Target of revenues of IT and ITES (Information Technology Enabled Services) Industry: 300 Billion USD by 2020 (Current 100 Billion USD)
  
• Target of IT Exports: 200 Billion USD by 2020 (Currently 69 Billion USD)
  
• Promotion of R&D in cutting edge technologies
  
• Encouraging adoption of ICTs in key economic and strategic sectors
  
• Provide Fiscal benefits to SMEs for adoption of IT
  
• Create a pool of 10 million additional skilled manpower in ICT.
  
• To make at least one individual in every household e-literate.
  
• Provide for mandatory delivery of and affordable access to all public services in electronic mode.
  
• Enhance transparency, accountability, efficiency, reliability and decentralization in Government.
  
• Leverage ICT for key Social Sector initiatives like Education, Health, Rural Development and Financial Services.
  
• To make India global hub for development of language technologies
  
• Stregnthening the Regulatory Fraemwork
  
• Adopt Open standards and promote open source and open technologies