Infosys Awarded As The Country's Second-largest software Firm

Doing business in India is set to become easier, more convenient and investor-friendly, with the ministry of commerce & industry on Tuesday awarding the country’s second-largest software firm, Infosys Technologies a project to enable budding entrepreneurs to obtain central, state and even municipal clearances, licences and permits online. The ten-year ‘e-biz project’ calls for the development and maintenance of a one-stop portal and is the third of 27 government mission-mode projects under an ambitious Rs 23,000-crore national e-governance plan. Infosys topped a pack of five bidders for the prestigious assignment under the department of industrial policy & promotion, the nodal central agency responsible for industry-related issues.The e-biz project will have a pilot phase running over three years, which will cover five states--Delhi, Haryana, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu--and offer 50 services. When completed in 2019, the portal will include all states and central government departments covering more than 205 g-to-b services, including the issue of licences and permits needed across a company’s business lifecycle.“

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