[GNU/LinuxInIndia] LINK-INDIA: Parliamentary question...
- From: "Frederick Noronha (FN)" <fred@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2003 11:13:39 +0530 (IST)
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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA * Minitry of Communications and Information Technology
(Department of Information Technology) Rajya Sabha
Unstarred Question No 2330
To be answered on 13-0302993
Setting up of research institutions
2330 Shri Eduardo Faleiro
Will the Minister of Communications & Informatin Technology be pleased to
state:
(a) whether Government have any plans to set up research institutions to
further skills in free/open source software;
(b) Government funded institutions already utilising free/open source
software in a significant manner; and
(c) whether the STate government would be, in any way, encouraged to go in
for FS/OSS solutions specially while spreading Information Technology at
the educational level?
ANSWER
(a), (b) and (c): Department of Information is conceiving of "Linux India
Initiative" which will be targeted to take a set of steps including
further of skills in free software/open source software. Other steps that
will be included as part of same would, inter alia, include setting up of
resource centres.
Various Government funded institutions such as R&D labs, academia,
Government departments, as also those in industry, are already utilizing
free software/open source software in a significant manner. Examples of
Government-funded institutions utilizing free software/open source
software are BARC and IIT, Mumbai.
The "Linux India Initiative" mentioned above would also include
encouragement of FS/OSS solutions at the educational level. Already, lot
of educational institutions, especially engineering institutions use
FS/open source software extensively. Linux India initiative is also
intended to address this aspect.
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