Budget 2019: With focus on innovation, India's IT startups call for higher tax incentives
India TodayAt a time when there has been a slowdown in growth, India's information technology sector has requested the government to focus on boosting innovation in services. "Now is the time for the Indian IT industry to shift focus from services, people and process related approach to new innovative technologies like Machine Learning, AI and Cloud Computing," he said. "World's leading tech companies and start-ups are already focusing on innovative technologies and it's time for India to stop basking in the past glory and catch-up," he said. WittyFeed's Singhal also said that the "plight of dealing with angel tax" has been one of the key issues faced by the India startup ecosystem. "The finance minister in his interim budget speech laid emphasis on AI, creation of National Center for Artificial Intelligence and AI hubs to ensure inclusive growth in the IT industry," Gaur said.