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PANAJI
Amidst much fanfare and an assurance that bureaucratic red-tapism will be brought down to minimum for information-technology (IT) companies, Chief Minister, Manohar Parrikar on Saturday inaugurated Goa IT Day even as he said the stage was set to unveil the Goa IT Policy on Sunday.
Also present on the occasion were Revenue and IT Minister, Rohan Khaunte, Chairman of Manipal Global Education Services, Mohandas Pai and IT Secretary, Ameya Abhyankar.
Addressing IT industry representatives and students, Parrikar said, “In IT sector, we have worked out an arrangement by which all the bureaucratic red-tapism is virtually brought down to a small component. If someone is promised something, whatever is promised has to be delivered to him in reasonable time and with less hassles. I think the IT Policy ensures many of these things.”
Goa IT Day is a two-day event from July 14 to 15. Union Minister of Electronics, IT and Law and Justice, Ravi Shankar Prasad, will unveil the IT Policy on July 15.
The first day, July 14, saw a number of events, which included seven start-ups becoming the first batch to receive the recognition of a certificate of registration. Moreover, five students from engineering colleges were chosen for their academic prowess and for applying their learning to projects.
Parrikar further said, “Goa has a capacity for IT. Though it is small, we have got 1.5 crore Goans around India and 1-2 lakh Goans around the globe. The potential for developing high-end cutting-edge technology is very good. We have excelled in science, in music, in arts, why not IT?”
The issue of Goans leaving their State for better career prospects was also discussed at a great length during the event.
