Govt needs education on IT: Menon

He was delivering the presidential address at the two-day conference on Road Map to an Intelligent Kerala8217; organised by the Confederation of Indian Industries.

8220;I am being frank. Politicians are putting nothing but roadblocks. It is not like setting up a cement factory. The Government should not sit on things.8221; 8220;The first report of the Task Force on software was cleared immediately. By the time the second report was submitted, they found out the classical ways of raisingobjections.8217;

He said IT was sensational, growth-oriented. The 50 billion software growth for the country, hence, was 8220;realistic and not just moonshine8221;.He said the third report of the Task Force would be submitted by the end of this month. It deals with development of human resources required for the 50 billion industry, interface of IT with common man, research and development and the development of content.