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Tech cess not advisable: Shourie
New Delhi, Feb 18: Communications Minister Arun Shourie rejected a proposal for levying a cess to set up a fund for the promotion of IT education.
New Delhi, Feb 18: Communications Minister Arun Shourie rejected a proposal for levying a cess to set up a fund for the promotion of IT education.
''The finance ministry does not want the consolidated fund to become unconsolidated'' as a result of any such proposal, Shourie told reporters on the sidelines of a telecom summit. The cess proposal had been made by a task force of his ministry which had gone into ways and means to bridge a projected shortfall of 500,000 it professionals in India by 2009. ''The fund could be set up through contributions from ITES and it industry in form of a cess towards development of relevant skill,'' the task force on HRD in IT headed by F C Kohli had said in its recommendations. Shourie said the emphasis of the taskforce was on creation of an extra pool of professionals. Bureau Report
''The finance ministry does not want the consolidated fund to become unconsolidated'' as a result of any such proposal, Shourie told reporters on the sidelines of a telecom summit. The cess proposal had been made by a task force of his ministry which had gone into ways and means to bridge a projected shortfall of 500,000 it professionals in India by 2009. ''The fund could be set up through contributions from ITES and it industry in form of a cess towards development of relevant skill,'' the task force on HRD in IT headed by F C Kohli had said in its recommendations. Shourie said the emphasis of the taskforce was on creation of an extra pool of professionals. Bureau Report