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Inputs on Public Consultation on Draft Policy on Software Products

Start Date :

Nov 28, 2016

Last Date :

Dec 10, 2016

00:00 AM IST (GMT +5.30 Hrs)

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In order to make the Indian IT Industry move up the value chain and thereby sustain its growth trajectory, India has to adopt a paradigm shift in it’s strategy for software ...

In order to make the Indian IT Industry move up the value chain and thereby sustain its growth trajectory, India has to adopt a paradigm shift in it’s strategy for software sector by focusing to create vibrant Indian Software Product Industry, where IT Products also contribute equitably and significantly along with IT Services. Though India is well positioned to further grow in services sector, however for holistic growth, there is a need for a National Policy on Software Products that can synergise the efforts of the Government and Industry to create a robust Software Product Industry, which enables the germinating ground for large number of Software product startups, promotes development of an ecosystem encouraging R&D and innovation, opens up multitude of opportunities of access to capital and helps build and improve the domestic demand. A National Policy on Software Products aligning with other initiatives such as Start-up India, Make in India and Digital India etc. can provide the springboard for India to emerge as a global leader in this important industry.

To drive the rise of India as a Software Product Nation and synergy with the ITeS sector, so as to place India as a leading player as creator, producer and supplier of innovative Software Products globally thereby enabling the IT Industry to sustain growth momentum, a Draft Policy is under consideration by this Ministry.

Ministry seeks suggestions and feedback from the public and other stakeholders on the draft before forming the policy.

The last date for sharing your inputs on the Draft National Policy on Software Products is December 9, 2016.

Click here to read the Draft National Policy on Software Products

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Sandeep Aggarwal_1 9 years 6 months ago

Kindly provide us some payment gateway which foreign clients can use to pay us thru debit or credit card. Currently, almost all medium and small companies are using paypal which is charging 5-8% of the transaction amount. This should be stopped. Big overseas clients don't face any problem to make bank transfer but small/medium overseas clients prefer to pay thru credit/debit card as they need not to go to bank for it for small amounts ($100-500). Thanks (sandeep)

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yogesh chopra 9 years 6 months ago

Sir,Schools and universities rely on branded products for imparting education.Free and Open Source products are just as good and can be used without any license or fees.It is important to shift all government offices to Linux/Unix operating systems as they are reliable and relatively virus free.There are OpenOffice/Libre office for all office functions.There are thousands of softwares available in open source format that can be used in every department of the government.Why waste money on brands

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Rahul Gupta 9 years 6 months ago

Convergence of different systems of different department on any cloud platform will unify their development, maintenance and enhance their availability to the public. I'm a software consultant myself and know how beneficial this can be.

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Rohan Rewale 9 years 6 months ago

Firstly change all outdated syllabus of all professional courses(BE,MCA,etc.).Currently they are not upto the software industry expectation.In software industry elearning is most important than traditional courses.So promote elearning from school level.

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Rajesh Rakyan 9 years 6 months ago

To allow increase of software exports , especially for freelancers , there should be a very simple and easy way to bring in remittances. There should be some sort of income tax benefit since the small freelancers collective bring in lot of foreign exchange in the country.

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Akshay Shah_9 9 years 6 months ago

Kindly ensure this policy is not lopsided and in favour of only new startups or those who are going to startup now, what about those who started a decade back, who had the vision that Software Products will be the future of Indian IT and took the bold step against all odds, they should be given Navratna status and should get favourable terms of credit, funding, limelight, support from the government to increase their product consumption in India. They should be awarded for starting up!

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KRISHNAN VYDIANATHAN 9 years 6 months ago

On the continuance of eliminating black money & in process of cashless economy,all the govt.depts.should accept payments by net/pos.The transaction should be made free of commission & other charges to the public. As an incentive for the senior citizens acknowledging their services in different fields for the altogether development of the country,total income tax exemption should be given to their earnings by way of pension and interest on bank deposits.

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SIVAKUMAR A 9 years 6 months ago

MYGOV.IN SHOULD COME IN ALL REGIONAL LANGUAGES

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Raman Gupta 9 years 6 months ago

Govt. should launch initiative along with reputed software companies to customise open source software for the Indian market. Office automation and software of general use lead to large outflow of foreign exchange, it should be curbed. Patent filing related funding should be provided to MSME sector to adopt innovation enabling software solution. Request for policies to encourage IT adoption in MSME sector. Low cost ownership of cloud based solution should be encouraged.

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SIVAKUMAR A 9 years 6 months ago

NOW in india , Less cash with digital transaction WILL BE SUCCEED. HOW? 1. FIRST, LIMIT CASH TRANSACTION.THAT IS CASH TRANSACTION SHOULD BE ALLOWED UPTO RUPEES TEN THOUSAND ONLY . OTHERS SHOULD BE DIGITAL TRANSACTIONS ONLY 2. SOFTWARE SHOULD BE USER FRIENDLY. JUST GIVE MOBILE NUMBER AND ENTER THE AMOUNT.THAT AMOUNT SHOULD BE TRANSFERRED TO BANK ACCOUNT.

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