Gartner forecasts India’s government IT spending to grow 8.6% in 2022

Pune: IT spending by India’s public sector is likely to grow 8.6% year-on-year to $8.3 billion in 2022, on the back of a digitalisation drive by various state and central government entities, according to Gartner.

The software of the IT industry is expected to clock the highest growth rate.

“Digitalisation initiatives of Indian government organisations took a giant leap in 2020 because of the global pandemic. The pandemic forced the government to shift priorities as supply chains and revenue streams dwindled,” Apeksha Kaushik, senior principal research analyst at the research and advisory firm, said. “As vaccination rates increase throughout the country and public health improves, the governments will focus on furthering the digitalisation efforts on concerns such as ‘citizen experience’ and digital inclusion.”