With increase in the number of multinational firms setting up base in India to cut labour costs, computer software and services export is estimated to have grown by 30 per cent during April-September 2003 touching $8.66 billion.
Infosys has bagged Electronics and Computer Software Export Promotion Council award in computer software and services sector for 2000-01
A series of steps taken by the government to promote ease of doing business and liberalisation of foreign direct investment norms have helped India receive record FDI inflows so far this year, and implementation of measures like PM Gati Shakti, single window clearance and GIS-mapped land bank are expected to further push investments in 2022. Notwithstanding the global slowdown and the COVID-19 pandemic, total foreign direct investments into India rose to a record $81.72 billion in 2020-21. During April-July this fiscal, FDI (foreign direct investment) into the country increased by 62 per cent to $27.37 billion.
India's computer software and services exports is estimated to have touched Rs 31,200 crore (Rs 312 billion) in the first nine months (April-December) of the current fiscal, reflecting a 22 per cent increase over the year-ago period
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SQL Star is still gloating from the substantial order bagged from the Madhya Pradesh Agriculture Board.
There are some who did not complete college, but went on to become successful businessmen.
A total of 763 FDI proposals worth over Rs 1.78 lakh crore were filed across various states in India during 2011-12, according to Assocham.
Apple Inc tops the Forbes list of world's top technology companies.
Get Ahead reader Maninder Pal Singh offers five alternatives to the much-touted and now almost-flopped Aakash tablet PC.
Ruling out any move to become the rival of its own customers, the world's largest chip-maker Intel on Wednesday said it is not interested in acquiring technology giant HP's PC business.
Called Stuxnet, the worm was first discovered in mid-June and was specially written to attack Siemens supervisory control and data systems commonly used to control and monitor industrial facilities -- from traffic lights and oil rigs to power and nuclear plants, the state-run Global Times daily reported quoting experts.
Five of the top ten largest growers are technology-related companies.
Ace Indian shooter Abhinav Bindra produced a clinical performance but unfortunately missed the gold after the computer system crashed at the European Cup International Championship in Hanover, Germany on Sunday.
Ballmer said he is proud of the fact that no company can beat Microsoft in terms of profit and he is not bothered about stock market assessment.
Indian IT companies, which participated in the CeBIT 2009 in Hannover, expressed confidence that innovative skills of the software engineers and IT professionals along with their ability to adapt to the rapidly changing situation in the markets around the world will help cushion the impact of the global economic meltdown on the industry in India.
The Central Board of Direct Taxes has suggested to income tax departments across the country to go slow on refunds for at least a fortnight.
Global Finance, a leading finance magazine, has ranked Wipro the "best company in the computer software sector in Asia" in its annual world's best companies survey.
Thirty-one Indian companies, under the aegis of Electronics and Computer Software Export Promotion Council, will showcase their capabilities at the Gitex Dubai 2007, the largest IT show in the region.
IT software exports were valued at $49.5 billion in 2008-09, which was about 14 per cent more than that in 2007-08. India will be showcasing its strength in IT hardware, software and services and telecom sectors at GITEX, an IT exhibition in Dubai.
The decision to delete rules governing locations under the Industries (Development and Regulation) Act 1951 was taken at a meeting of the Union Cabinet. Earlier, the industries other than non-polluting electronics, computer software and printing were not allowed to be located within 25 km from the periphery of cities above population of one million.
India's software exports suffered a severe setback in March declining by 96.6 per cent to $1 million from the year-ago period due to recession in world's major economies like the US and the Europe.
"The German market so far has been largely unexplored by Indian IT companies and they should make serious efforts to enter the market and to consolidate their existing presence because the business opportunities in this country are immense," said S R K Prasad, who led the delegation to Frankfurt on a two-week tour said.
With major IT markets in US, Europe and Japan expecting to witness a slowdown, Indian Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector is now turning to South Africa and West Asian markets in a bigger way.
A computer technician from Pune, who deposed before the sessions court in the Pramod Mahajan murder trial as a defence witness on Thursday, stated that a text message could be fabricated in a mobile phone through computer software. Defence witness Hari Krishna, who has three years working experience with computer related mobile phone functioning, told the court that by using a software called Microsoft Visual Studio, text messages can be tampered with or created.
Alex Mackay from the Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, will interview students who wish to enroll for their undergraduate and management courses.
Sunil Mittal-promoted Bharti Teletech has been presented the Electronics and Computer Software Export Promotion Council award for achieving the highest exports in telecommunications equipment during 2001-02.
A former official of the state-run Agricultural Bank of China has been executed for taking bribes and embezzling US$ 1.97 million.
The event will showcase India's cutting edge IT capabilities and outsourcing strengths to the global IT and business community.
Howard said the introduction of the new border security system had been accelerated by the recent link of Australia to the UK bombing attempts.
The west Asian region remained the top destination for India's consumer electronics goods last year with exports doubling to $175 million in 2005-06, from $90 million of 2004-05.
The software, 'Easy,' will help the school store details of all students and update on a regular basis, besides generating SMS alerts to parents, according to Rajan.
Software exports are expected to register a growth of 33 per cent in terms of dollar and 23 per cent in terms of rupee in the current financial year, according to an estimate by the Electronics and Computer Software Export Promotion Council (ESC). In absolute terms, exports during FY08 will workout to $45 billion (Rs 180,000 crore).
Indian government must work to drop the cost of land, labour, capital, energy and transport. If these are done, the rest will take care of itself.
Services attract highest foreign direct investment, despite Make in India push.
Australian Prime Minister John Howard will visit India sometime early next year. \n\n
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