The Kerala government has sought Rs 447 crore assistance from the Centre to implement various information technology (IT) projects.
The state government is seeking Rs 15 crore for IT-enabled habitats, Rs 100 core each to establish Grameen data processing centres and a megafab facility, Rs 30 crore for hi-tech habitats at Thiruvananthapuram and Kochi and Rs 120 crore to develop software cities.
The state government, which came out with its policy in 1998, has spent about Rs 300 crore so far in providing the state an IT infrastructure, including built-up space, connectiv