Chances of Central nod for ITIR get dimmer
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Union Minister says policy discontinued
The chances of Centre giving its nod to the much awaited Information Technology Investment Region (ITIR) for the State have become dimmer as the Union government reiterated that the ITIR policy of 2008 has been discontinued.
“The objectives of the ITIR policy are being better served and achieved by direct promotion of industrial units in industrial clusters and industrial townships that are taking shape through various programmes viz; DMIC, Smart Cities and other Industrial/Electronics Park schemes implemented by Ministry’s concerned / Departments wherein considerable financial support is available,” Union Minister of State for Electronics and IT Shamrao Dhotre said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha.
KTR requests Centre for reinstating ITIR in Hyderabad ANI | Updated: Jan 08, 2021 06:28 IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], January 8 (ANI): Telangana Minister for Information Technology and Industry K Taraka Rama Rao on Thursday requested the Centre to reinstate the Information Technology Investment Region (ITIR) project sanctioned in 2010 for Hyderabad.
In the letter, KTR said that the then union government in 2008 had designed a new project called Information Technology Investment Region (ITIR) project in order to promote greater IT investments in the country. He said that the project was initially sanctioned in 2010 for the two cities of Hyderabad and Bangaluru, and later on a few other cities were added. As per the requirement of the project guidelines, 49,000 acres of land in 3 clusters (both brownfield and greenfield) were identified in Hyderabad where new IT companies and IT space developers could be encouraged to set up their developm
Reinstate ITIR In Hyderabad: KTR Writes To Ravi Shankar Prasad Jan 08, 2021, 10:35 IST
Minister KTR wrote a letter to Union IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad requesting to reinstate ITIR in Hyderabad.
In the letter, Minister KTR said that the then Union government in 2008 had designed a new project called Information Technology Investment Region (ITIR) project in order to promote greater IT investments in the country. The project was initially sanctioned in 2010 for the two cities of Hyderabad and Bangalore, and later on a few other cities were added. As per the requirement of the project guidelines, 49,000 acres of land in 3 clusters (both brownfield and greenfield) were identified in Hyderabad where new IT companies and IT space developers could be encouraged to set up their development centres.