Infocity to open at new site on Oct. 15

The GNFC-lnfocity Bhavan will be inaugurated on October 15, a meeting of government officials decided here on Friday.

The Infocity Bhavan will function at a complex built on the Gandhinagar-Sarkhej Highway by GNFC with complete facility of connectivity for private entrepreneurs who come to the state even as the Infocity takes shape over a 200-acre plot in Gandhinagar.

The meeting was attended by minister of state for information technology Bimal Shah, GNFC chairman Pradipsinh Jadeja, advisors to the chief minister prof. N.V. Vasani and S.K. Shelat, additional chief secretary of the information technology department K.C. Kapoor and managing director of the Gujarat Information Limited Jayanti Ravi among other officials.

Mr Jadeja said the GNFC Infoci ty has been equipped with facilities for connectivity and IT unit. He informed that the entrepreneurs are eligible for capital incentive subsidy and connectivity is being provided by STPI Software Developers.

The GNFC chairman said software developers have shown their preparedness for purchase of 50,000 sq feet land uptil now.

A draft pre-feasibility report was prepared jointly by Price Water-house Coopers, Dalal Consultants and other agencies, Mr Kapoor said.

Mr Patel emphasised on the need for urgent allocation of land through Gujarat Informatics Limited in view of the eagerness shown by the other states and foreign entrepreneurs in the project.

Compiled from local news media