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A land of rich tradition and culture, the state has already scaled an enviable height of achievement, squarely, in INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY export, turning out INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY professionals, imparting IT education in school, using IT for remote health care, cerebral palsy and Braille and e-governance through a wide area network backbone. Between 2002-2005, the state has been recognized as the fastest growing IT destination in the country with more than double growth rate than the national average growth rate. Strong supports from the state government with an industry friendly IT Policy enable the companies to create values, employment and immense opportunity to grow faster.
The state offers a unique combination of a huge pool of untapped talent, lowest attrition rates, lowest cost of operations, a stable government, good law and order situation, communal harmony and world-class infrastructure. The state has the highest per capita spending on education among large Indian states. All these attributes have made the state to be the most preferred destination for IT and ITeS investment.
West Bengal - on a fast track IT highway is poised to become one of the top three states in India by 2010 to contribute 15 to 20 per cent of the country's total IT revenue. In order to capture this significant share of the growth and to provide full support to the investor community, the state has crafted comprehensive policies for the development of INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY in the state.
The compounded annual growth of the software industry in the State has been around 119%. In the year 2003-04 where the country's average growth in the knowledge sector has been around 28%, West Bengal has recorded a growth in excess of 50%. Practically, all the "big boys" of the IT industry in the State such as TCS, Cognizant, IBM, WIPRO, etc are doubling their manpower strength.
In today's service-driven global marketplace, Webel and West Bengal are uniquely qualified to provide the best support for enhancement of Information Technology, Electronics and Telecommunication. The State's IT Policy (Information Technology Policy, West Bengal 2000 and 2003) and the ITeS Policy 2003 along with the Incentive Scheme announced by the State Government is a reflection of its deep involvement for the future. |
