Make India global powerhouse for software products: IT minister to industry

New Delhi: Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday exhorted the IT industry to leverage existing policies and the enabling ecosystem to position the country as a global powerhouse for software products by building innovative Made-in-India offerings. Citing the “extraordinary response” to grand challenges including developing of indigenous video conference solutions and apps, Prasad said that even amid economic challenges and hardships in the backdrop of COVID-19, significant investments have flowed into IT and communications sector, as the “the world trusted India”.

“COVID was projected as an area of economic stress but even in these times of economic challenge and hard life, the world trusted India…so the brightest investments in IT and communications we got during this period,” the IT minister said.