GATES RECONFIRMS MICROSOFT PLANS FOR INDIA BUSINESS CENTRE
Ratan:
Here is a bit of exciting news direct from Gates.
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Source:Fidelity/Thomspon
WASHINGTON, Sep 17, 1998 (Asia Pulse via COMTEX) -- Microsoft chief Bill Gates had reconfirmed his company's plans to set up a business develoment centre in Hyderabad in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh "in a big way", the state chief minister said.
The chief minister, N Chandrababu Naidu, also held talks with the IBM officials for setting up an "electronic government" for smooth business transactions in the state.
The "electronic government" would allow a businessman to transact his business without facing any bureaucratic hurdles, Naidu said.
Expounding his vision of making Andhra Pradesh a model for the whole country, Naidu said that "electronic government" would go a long way in bringing about efficiency in government operations.
Indian power minister P R Kumaramangalam, who was also present at the meeting here, said that India would meet 80 to 85 per cent of its power needs from non-polluting sources such as nuclear, hydro, solar and wind by the middle of the next century.
Indian ambassador Naresh Chandra noted that despite the US sanctions against India, business ties between the two countries had improved.
He hoped that the House of Representatives would also pass a Senate measure giving authority to President Bill Clinton to waive sanctions against India.
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