Realising the Vision of Digital Telangana
Leveraging Information Technology for effective and efficient governance, sustainable economic development and inclusive social development.
Initiatives, Policies and Frameworks
Growth and development of Tier-II cities and rural areas
Tier-II and Tier-III Locations offer significant advantage in terms of cost of living, operations cost, availability of skilled human resources at low cost, low commuting time, among others. The Government of Telangana has unveiled a focused Rural Technology Centres Policy 2016 to promote Tier-II locations and to motivate the IT industry to set up their IT/ITES operations. The IT, E&C Department is developing IT Towers and Incubation Centres across Tier II and Tier III locations including Warangal, Karimnagar, Khammam, Nalgonda, Mahbubnagar, Nizamabad, and Siddipet with a target to generate employment to 25,000 professionals by 2026.
Department Profile
IT, E&C Department functions under one Principal Secretary assisted by senior and middle-level officers. The Department has one HOD, one public sector undertaking, three societies and six companies.
