New IT&C Policy 2010-2015 announced

The State of Andhra Pradesh is pioneer in offering the best incentives and facilitations for the growth of the ICT sector, with business friendly policies and proactive approach of the Government. 

The Government has announced first Information Technology (IT) Policy for promoting the IT Industry and IT Enabled Services in the State on 25-05-1999. The IT Policy was modified & revised as Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Policy subsequently w.e.f. 27-06-2002. The present ICT Policy 2005-2010 came into force w.e.f. 21-03-2005 and valid upto 5 years. Due to the Policy initiatives IT sector in the State of Andhra Pradesh has grown by leaps and bounds during the last decade The employment created by IT sector in 1999 was 12,000 and this increased to 2,51,786, that is an increase of 20 times by 2009. The export turnover in 1999 was Rs.284 crores, which has reached to Rs.32,509 crores in 2009, recording an increase of 110 times. As of now, the share of IT exports from the State of Andhra Pradesh occupies 15% of national IT exports. IT sector contributes to more than 49% of total exports from all sectors in the State. AP State is ranked 4th in IT performance in the Country. 

In order to bring out a pragmatic ICT Policy 2010-2015, the State Government has constituted Focus Groups with major stakeholders, i.e., heads of companies of  various verticals of ICT Sector – IT, ITES, Animation, Gaming & Digital Entertainment, Communications, SMEs, IT-HR, IT-Infrastructure providers, Industry Associations, such as, ITsAP (Hysea), Vizag IT Association (VITA), National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM), CII, AMCHAM, TiE, and   Indian School of Business (ISB), STPI,  etc., and extensively deliberated on the design of the ICT Policy 2010-2015, with these focus groups. The evolution of ICT Policy 2010-2015 is largely founded on this interaction.

For more details download   ICT_Policy_2010-15.pdf