The Ministry of Information and Communication Technology(MCIT) last year released a Draft policy on Open Standards for eGovernance. This progressive policy mandates adoption of single and wholly public standards in various e-governance projects in India.
However NASSCOM and MAIT have written to the government suggesting changes which will weaken the policy and advance narrow commercial interests over national interests.

IT for Change is part of a campaign launched by FOSSCOMM(a civil society alliance of organizations and individuals working to promote use of free and open source software (FOSS) in India) which seeks to ensure that the government does not dilute the policy by allowing multiple standards and proprietary standards.

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