Biotechnology has established itself
as an engine of economic growth globally. With its outstanding
contribution in the fields of agriculture, human and
animal healthcare, environment management and processing
industry. It is widely acclaimed as the technology of
the 21st century, the impact of which is expected to
be far greater than that of the trailblazing achievements
of information technology in the last few decades.
Goa has an ideal advantage to make the state an attractive
destination for attracting software and hardware companies
and even promote local IT companies. It has good infrastructure
for promoting IT.
The IT/ ITES industry is extremely suited to Goa owing
to the industry's inherently non-polluting character
and the fact that it makes only conservative demands
on precious resources such as land, electricity and
water. The government is keen to encourage the IT/ITES
industry in the state in a big way. The government firmly
believes that information technology is the key to enhancing
the welfare of the citizens of Goa as IT can create
employment opportunities for an increasing proportion
of the population in a variety of diverse sub-sectors.
The Mission of
the Industrial Policy is to ensure accelerated Industrial
Development, catalyze Economic Growth, ensure balanced
Regional Growth, protect Environment and above all create
sustainable Employment to local youth of the State.
The policy document
strives to achieve overall economic growth of the State
through accelerated industrial development. The policy
document focuses on the creation of sustainable employment
opportunities for the people of the State. This will
be achieved by providing industry an access to high
quality infrastructure, extending institutional support,
technology upgradation, deregulating the business environment
for an efficient, proactive and transparent administrative
framework and catalysing the entrepreneurial as well
as creative capabilities of the human resources and
providing market support.
Information Technology is bringing
about a revolution in the way we see the world. It is
demolishing territorial boundaries and integrating the
world in a way never considered possible. It is redefining
the structure of economic systems by making it possible
to track production processes separated globally without
the physical presence of managers. Electronic data interchange
and electronic commerce are replacing paper transactions.
Capital is moving across the globe in seconds at the
press of a key of the computer console. Innovation,
change, accuracy of data, consumer driven economy and
social change are redefining human relations and making
us more and more driven by information technology.
