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 16a. 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.