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No Downturn In IT Sector, Good Number Of Jobs To Come, Says Government
Ravi Shankar Prasad dismisses reports of downturn in Indian IT sector Good number of people to get jobs in current fiscal year, he says Export of Indian IT firms close to Rs 7.4 lakh crore, Mr Prasad adds
04 Jun 2017, 09:58 PM IST 
Ravi Shankar Prasad said Indian digital economy was going to reach $1 trillion in five to seven years
Kochi: Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Sunday dismissed as "completely wrong" reports of a downturn in the Indian IT sector and said a good number of people will get jobs in the current fiscal year. Noting that the IT industry worth Rs 9 lakh crore today?employs about 40 lakh people directly and 1.4 crore indirectly, the IT minister said firms like Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Infosys have said they would recruit thousan...
