[Assam] Assam hardsells its IT agenda

[Pradip Kumar Datta]

Assam hardsells its IT agenda 

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Guwahati, Aug. 28: Assam aggressively courted IT giants today, even promising to relax building bylaws in Guwahati’s proposed masterplan to accommodate the industry’s ambition that brooks no “vertical restrictions”.

The mood was set by Governor S.C. Mathur during the inaugural session of NICT 2008, the region’s biggest IT convergence, organised by The Telegraph.

Mathur, who was the guest of honour on the occasion, told the gathering of experts, academics and corporate honchos that his government was giving a “pro-people, pro-business touch” to its IT policy that was currently under revision....more
 
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