Outlaying this proposal in the Economic Survey 2006-07, the government has stated the share of the central government and the state governments would be Rs 856 crore and Rs 793 crore, respectively. The balance Rs 4,093 crore will be invested by the private sector. The survey also notes that a proposal for the Electronics & IT hardware manufacturing policy is under consideration which aims to rationalise the tariff structure on capital goods and inputs, unify manufacturing for domestic market and exports, facilitate registration of international patents, transfer state-of-the-art technology and enhance research and development.
Moreover, to ensure that the benefits of IT reach the common man, the government has initiated a move to make available tools and fonts in various Indian languages freely to the general public. Tamil, Hindi and Telugu software tools and fonts have already been released. All Indian languages are expected to be covered in the next one year.
The survey acknowledges the contribution Indian IT-enabled Services and Business Process Outsourcing (ITES-BPO) and their "fundamentally-powered value propostion in the international market". The software and ITES exports from India grew from $12.9 billion (Rs 58,240 crore) in 2003-04 and is expected to touch $60-75 billion by 2010. Indian companies are enhancing their global services delivery capabilities through a combination of greenfield initiatives, cross-border mergers and acqusitions, partnerships and alliances with local players. This is enabling them to execute end-to-end delivery of new services. Global software giants such as Microsoft, Oracle and SAP, have established their captive development centres in India. Moreover, the survey notes, as of December 2006, over 400 Indian companies have acquired quality certifications with 82 companies certified at SEI CMM Level 5 -
