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To: Cynic 2005 who wrote (9882)	12/3/1999 8:40:00 AM
From: R. Bond	Respond to of 12475

FYI: (COMTEX) B: INDIA TO ACHIEVE $US5O BLN IN SOFTWARE EXPORTS BY 2010 NEW DELHI, Dec 03, 1999 (AsiaPulse via COMTEX) -- India would achieve its projected 4US50 billion export target by 2010, Information Technology Secretary P V Jayakrishnan said. "India will achieve the 50 billion dollar target for software export by the next 10 years and policies are afoot in that direction", Jayakrishnan told a seminar on Upgrading PCOs to Cyber Communication Centres here. The IT secretary said that local PCOs must upgrade themselves to "multi-utility kiosks", which would be able to handle airlines, railway and other bookings through the net. The local operators' association should set a deadline to member operators to expedite the process of converting local phone booths to cyber cafes, he added. S S Kohli, chairman and managing director of the Punjab and Sind Bank, said the bank would offer Rs 175,000 to local operators to upgrade their booths to cyber cafes out of the total cost of Rs 225,000 for the upgradation. The loan was repayable over four years in installments, he said. Three branches in Delhi (north) would offer the scheme. (PTI) (C) 1999 Asia Pulse Pte Ltd -0-