Name the electronic capital of India. Write characteristics of IT and electronic industry of India.
Bangalore is the electronic capital of India. The main characteristics of the electronic industry are as mentioned below : Products of electronics industry : Transistor sets, television, telephones, cellular telecom, pagers, radars, computers and many other equipment required by the telecommunication industry. Centers : Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Pune, Chennai, Kolkata, Lucknow and Coimbatore. Software Technology Parks : 18 parks which provide single window service and high data communication facility to software experts. Employment : Up to 31st March, 2005, the IT industry employed over one million persons. It is likely to increase to 8 million in next three to four years. 30 per cent employees are women in this industry. Foreign exchange : It earns lot of foreign exchange due to fast growing Business Processes Outsourcing (BPO) sector.
