Government IT
spending in India will reach $6.4 billion US Dollars (USD) in 2013, a
7 percent increase over 2012, according to Gartner. This
forecast includes spending by government (government is composed of
state and regional government and central government agencies.) on
internal IT (including personnel), hardware, software, external IT
services and telecommunications.
Internal services will achieve the highest growth rate amongst the
spending categories – forecast to be 12.8 percent in 2013. Internal
services refer to salaries and benefits paid to the information
services staff of an organization. The information services staff
includes all company employees that plan, develop, implement and
maintain information systems. Software will achieve a growth rate of
10.5 percent in 2013 to reach $709 million USD in 2013, up from $642
million in 2012, led by growth in vertical specific software
(software applications that are unique to a vertical industry. These
are stand-alone applications that are not modules or extensions of
horizontal applications).
After years of exporting IT outsourcing (ITO) and business process
outsourcing (BPO) expertise across multiple verticals globally; many
large ICT companies in India are now increasingly looking inwards and
targeting the Indian government ICT market. The ICT industry will
benefit from various eGovernment projects, which are part of the
National eGovernance Plan, with investments in 31 Mission Mode
Projects like Unique Identification Authority (UIDAI), which is
delivering ‘Aadhaar’ numbers (a target of covering over 600
Million citizens by 2014). UIDAI aims to work with various partners
in setting up infrastructure for authenticating and confirming
digital identities for several purposes such as for Aadhar enabled
payment systems.
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