Maharashtra sops to IT firms going to small towns

MUMBAI: Minister of state for Information Technology and home Satej Patil announced that the state government is rolling out a policy with incentives to the Information and Technology sector to set up projects in tier 2 and 3 cities like Nagpur, Amaravati, Latur, Satara and others to reduce the burden on cities like Mumbai and Pune.

Patil said that keeping the welfare of the general people in mind the government is also launching a healthcare platform which will connect public health centres in rural parts, civic hospitals and medical colleges in rural and urban parts to offer healthcare services to the people. He assured full support to industrialists engaged in the sector.