The policies and regulations of Indian information technology industry are the basic guidelines that have been set up by the Department of Information Technology of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology of the Government of India. There are a number of guidelines on various aspects of the Indian IT industry that are supposed to be followed by the information technology industry of India. They may be enumerated as below:
Preparation for project proposals
State Data Centre
National Electronics or Information Technology Hardware Manufacturing Policies
Electronics and Information Technology Industry
Implementation of Common Services Centres Scheme in States
Establishment of State Wide Area Network
Capacity Building and Institutional Framework for e-governance under NeGP
.IN Internet Domain Registration
Submitting Proposals for DIT support needed to host Symposiums, Conferences, Workshops and Seminars in the fields of electronics, and Information and Communication Technology
.IN Internet Domain Name-Policy Framework and Implementation
The policy and regulations on State Data Centre are made up of a number of policies and regulations on a number of issues. There are a few regulations on the State Data Centre along with annexures on issues like manpower requirements, physical requirements, standard requirements and best practices on security. The Industrial Promotion Division of the Department of Information Technology are responsible for formulating the rules and regulations for the Electronics and Information Technology Industry.
The organization deals with the following issues - Deemed exports, Industrial approval policies, Export promotion schemes, Foreign investment policies, Export promotion capital goods(EPCG)scheme, Fiscal policies, Duty exemption and remission schemes and Foreign trade policy.
As far as the policies on .IN Internet Domain Registration are concerned they are divided into two separate and major categories. One set of policies and regulations is on .IN Internet domain name and the other set is on the National Internet Exchange of India. The draft paper on the national electronics and information technology hardware manufacturing policies contains a number of issues that are important in the context of the overall information technology scenario of the country. They may be mentioned as below:
Procurement and rewarehousing certificates
Vision, strategies and aims for assisting electronics and information technology hardware manufacturing
Inviting large EMS companies to set up/augment Indian operations
Tariff policy
Developing semiconductor industry
EXIM policy issues
Looking at the international market
Hardware manufacturing cluster parks (HMCP)
HRD in VLSI design and embedded software
Fostering the sourcing of locally manufactured products
Improving labor laws
Upgrading the general infrastructure
Patenting
Reducing the time of transaction
Certification of quality
Assisting research and development
Removing mandatory customs bonding for electronics and IT Units
Selling Indian products
Rate of depreciation
Fostering relocation of manufacturing plants to India