TN to frame new policy for IT sector 

CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu Government today said that it

would frame a new policy for the Information Technology sector.






The new policy would be announced in the forthcoming budget session of the
Assembly.






Announcing this in his address on the floor of the Assembly, Tamil Nadu
Governor, Surjit Singh Barnala said: “Considering the growth and multiple

dimensions of the Information Technology Sector, this Government will frame a

new policy to encourage this sector to increase software production and exports

and employment generation.”






With a view to manage the employability crisis and make IT popular the new
Government has said that all schools, especially Government schools in the

State, would be provided with computers. This project would be implemented in

phases over a period of three years.






The Government said that it would be easily accessible to investors, and
function as their ally, providing all required facilities to them for

establishing industries. This announcement is yet another strategy to increase

the foreign investments coming into the State, especially in the IT sector.






Finally, the Government has also announced measures to improve the
infrastructure both in urban and rural areas with the aim of creating an

investor-friendly climate in the State.






However, there was no announcement in the biotech sector, or even the Nanguneri,
whose foundation stone was laid in the previous DMK Government and a project,

which was very close to the heart of the then Union Minister for Commerce and

Industry, Murasoli Maran.