Telangana IT exports zoom by 18 per cent

Hyderabad: Though the Corona scare affected the entire world trade, Telangana achieved tremendous growth in IT exports. Telangana registered 17.93 percent growth compared to the national average of 8.09 per cent for the year 2019-20.

State IT and Industry Minister KT Rama Rao on Saturday released the annual report on IT growth in Telangana. According to the report, Telangana's share in IT exports of the nation also increased from 10.61 per cent in 2018-19 to 11.58 per cent during 2019-20. Telangana grew at a rate of 7.2 per cent in terms of IT employment compared to the national average of 4.93 per cent.

The minister said that the government has continuing the tradition of releasing the progress report of Telangana IT department for sixth consecutive year. "The IT sector made tremendous progress in the State and recorded a higher growth rate than the national average in IT exports", he said.

Besides registering IT growth, KTR said, the State also attracted huge investments in the sector including Amazon opening its largest campus in the world at Hyderabad along with Micron Technology opening its largest research and development centre. "The efforts of the IT department to develop IT sector in Tier-II cities also started bearing fruits with Tech Mahindra and Cyient opening their offices in Warangal," he said.

The State IT department has performed exceptionally well even during the lockdown, the Minister said that the entire IT sector extended its support to other departments in the matters related to patient tracing, home quarantine and volunteering among others. The department also partnered with others to provide multiple digital solutions during the current crisis, he said.

KTR explained the growing use of digital technology in the State and claimed Telangana stood second in IT solutions in the civic services. Telangana State Technology Services (TSTS) has been providing citizen services to over one lakh people per day through its MeeSeva centres. T-Folio mobile app has been downloaded by over seven lakh people and offering about 225 services by 32 different departments.

The TSTS also processed around 1.55 lakh tenders worth Rs 1.2 lakh crore and stood second in the country, he said.