Kolkata, Dec 07 (PTI) The West Bengal government willannounce a new information technology (IT) policy at BengalGlobal Business Summit (BGBS) in January, chief ministerMamata Banerjee said today.
The government has had discussions with industrybodies such as ASSOCHAM, CII and Nasscom before framing thepolicy, she said.
"We have decided to announce a new IT policy duringthe BGBS in January. We want to create more jobs in the ITsector and might even dole out property tax, rental taxreliefs and other subsidies," Banerjee said at the Infocom2017 here.
The CM also said companies like TCS, Cognizant wereexpanding here and ITC Infotech will begin operations soon.
The government is also setting up a hardware park atSonarpur near the metropolis, she said.
"There is space available for creating 2.6 lakh jobopportunities in the state," she said. PTI DCRMS.
This is unedited, unformatted feed from the Press Trust of India wire.