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With the help of several government initiatives Kolkata is trying to shrug off its past and embrace a new future that will see it take its rightful place as one of the greatest metros in Asia. To this end the West Bengal government has been actively wooing the IT industry within and outside the country. It has organized road shows and exhibitions to showcase the new infrastructure Kolkata has to offer from well designed technoparks in Salt Lake City and Rajarhat, to improvements in roads and traffic. The government has declared the IT sector as a public utility service thereby excusing it from the frequent ‘bandhs’ that plague the city.

Responding to the Government’s invitation many Indian IT giants like Wipro and TCS have set up shop there while existing MNCs like IBM are expanding operations. Sector V in Salt Lake City where the first technopark was set up was soon bursting at the seams. Attention has now shifted to the Rajarhat area with IT parks being announced there at costs of Rs 10-15 billion. The West Bengal Government’s efforts are paying off as major MNCs are setting up branches in their new IT parks, and the IT sector growing by 70% yearly which is twice the annual growth rate. From simple data entry jobs to complex Web Development Kolkatta is gradually moving up the IT value chain.
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With the help of several government initiatives Kolkata is trying to shrug off its past and embrace a new future that will see it take its rightful place as one of the greatest metros in Asia. To this end the West Bengal government has been actively wooing the IT industry within and outside the country. It has organized road shows and exhibitions to showcase the new infrastructure Kolkata has to offer from well designed technoparks in Salt Lake City and Rajarhat, to improvements in roads and traffic. The government has declared the IT sector as a public utility service thereby excusing it from the frequent ‘bandhs’ that plague the city.

Responding to the Government’s invitation many Indian IT giants like Wipro and TCS have set up shop there while existing MNCs like IBM are expanding operations. Sector V in Salt Lake City where the first technopark was set up was soon bursting at the seams. Attention has now shifted to the Rajarhat area with IT parks being announced there at costs of Rs 10-15 billion. The West Bengal Government’s efforts are paying off as major MNCs are setting up branches in their new IT parks, and the IT sector growing by 70% yearly which is twice the annual growth rate. From simple data entry jobs to complex Web Development Kolkatta is gradually moving up the IT value chain.
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