CM on plans for Information Technology Park – Manipur
Imphal, November 24, 2015
Manipur Information Technology Park at Mantripukhri, Imphal as seen on 4th July 2015 :: Pix - DIPR
Chief Minister, Okram Ibobi visited the Information Technology Park at Mantripukhi today and inspected the facilities of the Park. Chief Minister was delighted to see the Park operational with 130 IT professional working around the clock.
The Park with 20,000 square feet, was inuagurated by the Chief Minister himself, on 4th July 2015 and the Park has commenced it’s operation since than with (4) Four IT Vendors with approximately 130 IT professionals. More IT vendors are likely to start their operation from the Park which will bring up the total strength of IT Professional to around 300-350 by March, 2016.
Further, Chief Minister directed to utilize the old MSTC shed, in and around IT Park, for setting up a Hardware manufacturing and assembling units, importing components from neighbouring Asian Country like Taiwan, China etc.
It is also worth mentioning here that, once the Trilateral agreement between India, China and Thailand is signed, transportation of the raw material and harware components from China to Imphal by land route will hardly take 15- 20 days which on the other hand takes 40- 45 days through Kolkata by sea route.
Chief Minister concluded the inspection by encouraging the IT Enterprenuers to create more job opportunities for the youth in the society and transforming Manipur into an IT Hub in the North East India. He also added that the Government of Manipur will render all possible support to any IT initiatives in the State.
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This Press Release was posted on November 25 2015
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