Growth in IT spending by Indian government to slow down to 8.6% in 2022: Gartner

“The coronavirus pandemic forced the government to shift priorities as supply chains and revenue streams dwindled,” Apeksha Kaushik, senior principal research analyst at Gartner, said.

The growth in information technology spending by the government is estimated to slow down to 8.6% to $8.3 billion in 2022, against the 13.2% rise expected in the ongoing 2021, a global consultancy said on Thursday. “Digitalisation initiatives of Indian government organisations took a giant leap in 2020 because of the global pandemic. The pandemic forced the government to shift priorities as supply chains and revenue streams dwindled,” Apeksha Kaushik, senior principal research analyst at Gartner, said. As the vaccination rates increase throughout the country and public health improves, governments will focus on furthering the digitalisation efforts on concerns such as ‘citizen experience’ and digital inclusion, she added.