Kerala to come out with new IT policy

bangalore: kerala is coming out with an information technology policy and a new-look labour policy seeking to refurbish its image among industries and project an investment-friendly climate under the udf rule. kerala's minister of it and industries, p k kunhalikutty, is presently on a visit to bangalore, the country's technology capital, wooing it majors to set up units in the state.he has already met infosys chairman n r narayana murthy and some other software firms and has also lined up to meet several others in the next two days. "we will place in the ongoing session of the assembly an it policy and a new-look labour policy aimed at attracting greater private sector investment", kunhalikutty told reporters at bangalore it.com 2001 being held here. among the highlights of it policy, is incentive structure custom made for it majors, kerala it secretary, aruna sundarajan, said, adding, there would be a new "labour dispensation" for it industries. a 40 km it-industrial park was coming up around the kochi airport, she said. the capacity of the technopark in thiruvanaapuram, where 55 companies have taken space, would be doubled in the next three months. she said kerala was being positioned as the emerging destination for it-enabled services sector. "kerala is embarking on a new it strategy and plans to become on par with other states in south india", she said. kerala's annual software exports were in the range of rs 150 crore to rs 175 crore, aruna said.