Kerala’s IT sector growing - CM
Posted on June 26th, 2008 in Technopark News) by admin |
With many companies opening units in Kerala, the IT sector of the state has been on a growth trajectory, Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan informed the state assembly on Monday.
The boom in the IT sector has enhanced job availability and has boosted software exports in the last two years, the Chief minister said.
To expand the IT infrastructure in the state, the government has embarked upon a project to create IT parks in all districts, besides strengthening facilities at Technopark near the state capital and Infopark in Kochi, Achuthanandan said in a reply furnished in the house.
These projects would add 88 lakh square feet to the existing IT base, he said.
In the state-managed Technopark and Infopark, 71 new companies had been set up during last two years, creating 22,517 direct employment and at least three times more indirect jobs, he said.
The state exported software products worth valued at Rs 1,568 crore in 2007-08.
Work is going on in the technocity near Thiruvananthapuram as well as cyber park in Kozhikode and district IT parks in Kollam Alappuzha, Kasargode, Thrissur and Kannur, he said.
Courtesy :-Economic Times
The boom in kerala IT sector is highly projected. Only 20% of this is true. I am working in technopark for the last 2 years, before joining here I worked in hyderabad. The technopark is not up to the mark, still lacking lot of things. Good companies, parking, canteens etc. The government is projecting there is more than 140 companies here, but being Software programmers if we think about a change, how many good reputed companies are here? only 2 or 3. Rather than creating necessary arrangements for existing parks the government is interested in creating new parks all over the state and helping some real estate people.
Please don’t project the government’s words. It is not really true. We should speak only for truth.