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MoITT Releases Proposed National Freelancing Facilitation Policy 2021
Significance of Freelancing Sector for Economy
The report outlines that the Information Technology (IT) and Information Technology enabled Services (ITeS) sector has tremendous potential and is expected to reach its set target of $5 billion in IT & ITeS export remittances within the next three years.
The IT & ITeS export remittances surged to $1.23 billion during FY 2019-20, including $150 million earned by freelancers. Whereas, in the first seven months of the current FY 2020-21 (July 2020 – January 2021), freelancers’ export remittances increased to $219 million, and are expected to cross $350 million by the end of FY 2020-21.
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