In a month Maharashtra may come up with a data centre policy: Report
By MYBRANDBOOK
As per news source, a senior official said that in a month’s time the Government of Maharashtra will come up with a policy on the data centre business.
The official said that at present the state has a comprehensive policy that administers the information technology sector under which data centres currently operate, but due to the very high growth in data centres and the policy lagging behind the industry the need for an exclusive policy for data centre business was felt.
When asked about the timeline for the launch of such a policy, the official said the industries department under Uday Samant is taking the lead in the formulation of the policy and added that the document will come out in 30 days.
In an event, Kaustubh Dhavse, a Joint Secretary to the government, who also serves as the official on special duty for Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, said that this kind of a policy will be helpful for an orderly growth of the industry.
"This government will provide an adequate, optimal policy for data centres, which is beneficial to the citizens and enables the entrepreneurs and the ecosystem," Dhavse said.
He said the policy in the works will also address the power issue by stressing on green and sustainable energy.
Dhavse said there are many questions and "questionable operators" in the data centre space, which need to be looked at.
He acknowledged that more clarity is required on some aspects related to the Goods and Services Tax issues, and that some complicated matters regarding the same have been brought to the government's notice.
He said Maharashtra was among the first states to move its data centres to cloud and added that in 2015 it was operating 75 big and small data centres, and spending Rs 450 crore a year to add space which was a "big wake up call".
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