Centre’s IT spending to reach USD 8.3 billion soon

The IT spending by the Indian government is likely to reach $8.3 billion in 2022, an increase of 8.6 per cent from this year, a new Gartner report showed on Thursday, as the digitalisation initiatives took a giant leap in 2020 because of the pandemic.

The software segment is forecast to achieve the highest growth of 24.7 per cent in 2022 as the adoption of citizen service delivery applications with use of artificial intelligence and machine learning will improve across citizen initiatives.

The pandemic forced the government to shift priorities as supply chains and revenue streams dwin
dled, said Apeksha Kaushik, senior principal research analyst at Gartner.

As vaccination rates increase throughout the country and public health improves, the governments will focus on furthering the digitalisation efforts on concerns such as ‘citizen experience’ and digital inclusion, Kaushik added.

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