Indian government to spend USD 7 billion on IT for 2016: Gartner

Q.  India will see marginal 3.1 percent uptick in the IT spend at what figure in 2016?
- Published on 17 Jun 16

a. USD 4 billion
b. USD 5 billion
c. USD 6 billion
d. USD 7 billion

ANSWER: USD 7 billion
 
Global data consultancy firm Gartner indicated Indian government will observe 3.1 percent uptick in the IT spend at USD 7 billion for 2016
  • Government will spend USD 7 billion on IT products and services in 2016
  • This includes spending on internal services, software, IT services, devices data centre and telecom services at all levels of the government
  • IT services include consulting, software support, BPO, IT outsourcing, implementation and hardware support are set to grow at 8.8 percent in 2016 to USD 1.16 billion
  • BPO segment will also grow at the rate of 22 percent.

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