India has been a pioneer in the field of Information Technology. It has revolutionalised the software service industry where Indian IT companies have been offering services to their global clients. India has earned a lot of respect because of its software skills. The use of information technology has been gradually increasing in India as well. Government and private organisations have started using IT for R&D, financial transaction & management, manufacturing, supply chain management and in many more fields. Unfortunately, the use of IT and IT services has still been restricted to urban centres of the country. The IT revolution has still not reached districts and villages of India.
Former Union Minister Venod Sharma, a Haryana based politician has been very vocal for the growth of Information Technology in Haryana. Venod wants to take IT to every nook and corner of the state. He believes that IT will altogether change the face of rural Haryana.
Rural Haryana is marred by corruption. All the government funds, being sent their do not reach the intended person. There is no accountability. Once IT gets attached to the government schemes then no one will be able to divert the funds, thus stopping all pilferages. IT would bring accountability. Once processes become online then the role of touts and middlemen will be defunct.
Venod has also been advocating large scale IT training in school and colleges of Haryana. Youth passing from colleges should be capable so that once there are IT job opportunities in the market then they should be able to grab them.
He is urging the state govt. to revamp its IT policy for a long time. Now days, IT touches every part of life. We cannot keep it in isolation. Thus the IT policy has to be developed holistically. Venod is hopeful that Haryana will also repeat the IT success stories of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh in near future.
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