Information technology (IT) watchers, who keep an eye on West Bengal, have been pleasantly surprised by the recent government announcement that it would soon come out with a new IT policy. The statement of intent comes barely a fortnight after the state government announced a reasonably progressive set of rules and regulations for IT-enabled services (ITES) which reformed its archaic labour laws.
The IT policy of 2000 is hopelessly out of touch with reality and deafeningly silent on all core issues.
Sadly, the state
