1. The State Government would launch an Information.Technology Mission for the development of
Information Technology Industries with the following objectives:
(i) Economic Development.
(ii) Human Resource Development
(iii) To provide simple, effective and transparent administration.
(iv) State of the art Communication System.
2. The State Government will provide the following relief / incentive to the
Information Technology Sector for its rapid development.
It has been observed that several rules and regulations applicable to industry need not be required for the I.T. industry. As such, there would be a provision of self certification and software units would be exempted from the following:
(i) Pollution Control Act to be effective only as per Govt. of India guidelines.
(ii) Legal Power Cuts.
(iii) Zoning Regulations in respect of location.
The following exemptions under the relevant Acts will be applicable to the I.T industries:
(i) The I.T. Industry will be added in schedule-1 of the Bihar Shops and Establishment Act 1953 and concessions under sections 7,8 and 12 (I) shall be extended to it. By this the industry would be given exemption from the provisions relating to the hours of business and weekly closure.
(ii) The hours of work for women employees would be relaxed under section 66 of the factories Act, 1948. Accordingly for I.T. establishments, Women would be able to work between 5 Am and 10 Pm instead of 6Am to 7 Pm in such establishments.
(iii) I.T industry will be provided with exemptions under section 87 of the Employees State Insurance Act 1948.
(iv) The information Technology industry will be added as an independent employment in the schedule of minimum wages Act 1948 so that the workers may be classified separately.
3. Information Technology and Biotechnology industries established in the state would qualify for the incentives under para-2 of the policy. All incentives applicable to industries would also be automatically available to I.T. and Biotechnology Industry.
4. The Industry Department will promote Biotechnology and Information Technology on priority basis in industrial areas.
