Friday, May 14, 2010
[IWS] INDIA: ICT SECTOR--VALUE ADDITION & EMPLOYMENT GENERATION [11 May 2010]
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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Government of India
Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation
National Statistical Organisation
Central Statistics Office
Value Addition & Employment Generation in the ICT Sector in India [11 May 2010]
http://mospi.nic.in/val_add_ICT_sec_11may10.pdf
[full-text, 31 pages]
[excerpt]
The Information and Communication Technology (lCT) is an important emerging
sector of contemporary India. Its contribution to Indian economy and society is quite
significant. However, scientific collection and compilation of ICT statistics is yet to be
developed in the country for meeting the requirements of development planning. This is the
state of affairs in most ofthe developing countries in the world. To fill this data gap lot of
efforts are being made at the international level. One such effort is the project on "Statistical
Compilation of ICT Sector and Policy Analysis" undertaken by Orbicom, the network of
UNESCO Chairs in Communication. Orbicom is recognized in the international community
for research on issues related to the digital divide, the gender divide, the making of
information societies and ICT markets. Govt. of India, MOSPI has signed an MOU to
participate in this project.
Quantification of the ICT sector has produced valuable insights in developed
countries. Examples include work at the OECD and several developed countries, which
provided detailed statistics and policy-relevant analysis. However, the systematic
quantification of the ICT sector has not been attempted for countries like India. The main
objective of the project is to encourage developing countries like India to generate good
quality official ICT statistics. In this project an attempt has been made to compile data on
the contribution ofICT sector to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and employment to the
Indian economy following internationally accepted and harmonized definitions and concepts
emerging form the OECD and United Nations. The data have been compiled from the
existing data holdings ofthe MOSPI.
CONTENTS
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No. Chapter Description Page
1. Preface (i)
2. Team of Officers (ii)
3. Highlights 1
4. Introduction 2
5. Definition of ICT Sector, its Scope and Coverage
6. Sources of the data 10
7. Gross Domestic Product of ICT Sector 12
8. Growth and Employment in ICT Manufacturing Industries 13
9. Growth and Employment in ICT Services Industries 18
10 Annexures
Annex I: Definitions 22
Annex II: Sampling Design of ASI 23
Annex III: Sub-sector-wise Gross Value
Added in organised ICT manufacturing sector 25
Annex IV: Sub-sector-wise person engaged in
organised manufacturing sector 26
Includes numerous TABLES & CHARTS....
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