WB Goes from Red to Green, For IT Sake

In India, IT makes everyone bend over. The most spectacular comes from one of India's Red States, West Bengal. The communist Government doesn't want lose the IT race; it's even made IT and "Essential Service"!

BBC reports:

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To make this possible, West Bengal's communist government has taken some steps that might make even a staunch capitalist blanche.

It has declared IT - and IT-enabled services such as call centres - to be essential services.

This means workers are banned from striking.

West Bengal also offers attractive subsidies to companies looking to invest.

And it is trying hard to combat the perception of the state as bureaucratic and lethargic.

The IT ministry is located in the business centre of the city and has made a point of dispensing with the type of petty officials who make life difficult for visitors to many other government departments.

The IT minister has even guaranteed he will meet potential investors within 48 hours.

If a big obstacle crops up, the chief minister himself, Buddhadeb Bhattarcharjee, will get involved.
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