The government of Orissa has announced the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Policy-2014 for the state.

As per the policy, an apex committee, chaired by the Chief Secretary, will be formed to monitor the policy implementation and approval of incentives. This committee will meet every quarter to take stock of implementation of the policy. The Odisha Computer Application Centre will be the nodal centre for policy implementations.

The policy involves incentives for the IT industry, labour law relaxations for the sector, and creation of both, human and physical infrastructure for development of the sector.

Through this policy, the state government seeks to achieve a gross ICT turnover, including exports of software and IT services of Rs 24,000 crore by 2020. To achieve this, the state government is also planning to set up a space of 60 lakh sq ft and a developed land bank of 2,000 acre for the sector.

Further, in order to promote investment in the sector, the state government has established an IT special economic zone (SEZ) at Infocity; and the second one is being established at Infovalley in Bhubaneswar.