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IT honchos to meet CM over breakfast

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BANGALORE: The captains of the IT industry would be meeting the Karnataka CM, Dharam Singh for a breakfast meeting on August 10 in order to discuss the woeful state of infrastructure in Bangalore and the sales tax increase on computer products in the state budget.



The delegation includes Wipro chief Azim Premji, Infosys CEO, Nandan Nilekani, MAIT (Southern chapter) president, Venkat Kedlaya among others.



The State's computer dealers who are reeling under the impact of the 13.8 percent sales tax, on computer items, which came into effect from August 1, would be represented by the dealer body- Association for Information Technology (AIT) at the meeting. AIT secretary R Sridhar said, "We will be making a strong representation at the meeting. Though our earlier protests against the tax increase had no impact, we hope something will come out of this meeting."



State IT secretary Shankarlinge Gowda and around 10 other industry leaders would be part of a closed door meeting with the CM tomorrow.

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