{"id":160095,"date":"2022-01-09T16:29:16","date_gmt":"2022-01-09T10:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=160095"},"modified":"2022-01-10T17:43:03","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T12:13:03","slug":"answered-what-are-the-main-socio-economic-implications-arising-out-of-the-development-of-it-industries-in-major-cities-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/answered-what-are-the-main-socio-economic-implications-arising-out-of-the-development-of-it-industries-in-major-cities-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"[Answered] What are the main socio-economic implications arising out of the development of IT industries in major cities of India?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The IT industries in India are concentrated in the\u202f<\/span>major metropolitan cities of India<\/span><\/b>\u202fsuch as\u202f<\/span>Bengaluru, Mumbai, Chennai etc<\/span><\/b>. This\u202f<\/span>isolated concentration of the IT industries<\/span><\/b>\u202fin these cities have several\u202f<\/span>socio-economic implications<\/span><\/b>\u202fsuch as:\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Economic empowerment<\/span><\/b>: Development of IT industries in major cities, have led to the\u202f<\/span>economic empowerment,\u202frise of new middle class\u202fthrough higher employment opportunities<\/span><\/b>\u202fand development of ancillary businesses.\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Gender parity<\/span><\/b>: As the labour force participation of<\/span>\u202fwomen in quality jobs is comparatively more in major cities<\/span><\/b>, due to development of IT industries, it has led to their financial independence and empowerment.\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Cultural changes<\/span><\/b>: The concentration of IT industries in major cities have also s<\/span>een cultural changes<\/span><\/b>. A marked shift towards accepting western language,\u202f<\/span>rise in nuclear families,<\/span><\/b>\u202fshift in\u202f<\/span>food choices<\/span><\/b>\u202fand modes of recreation could be seen. For example,\u202f<\/span>caf\u00e9 culture of\u202fBengluru<\/span><\/b>.\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Social infrastructure<\/span><\/b>: Development of IT industries have given\u202f<\/span>boost to the social infrastructure<\/span><\/b>. This could be seen in high\u202f<\/span>availability of schools, hospitals etc.<\/span><\/b>\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Migration<\/span><\/b>: As these cities have become the\u202f<\/span>centre of knowledge economy<\/span><\/b>, there is a marked preference in youths to migrate into these cities for\u202f<\/span>better career opportunities\u00a0leaving senior citizens behind\u00a0<\/span><\/b>in tier 2-3 cities.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. Un-balanced development<\/span><\/b>: Concentration of IT industry in a\u202f<\/span>handful of cities<\/span><\/b>, have led to the neglect of\u202f<\/span>many\u202ftier\u202f2, tier 3 towns<\/span><\/b>. This has created an un-healthy development divide in the country.\u202fThere is also a\u202f<\/span>huge wage gap<\/span><\/b>\u202fbetween IT workers and other workers.\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  7. Security challenges:\u202f<\/span><\/b>The\u202f<\/span>late-night work culture<\/span><\/b>,\u202f<\/span>rise in affluency<\/span><\/b>\u202fhave parallelly enhanced the\u202f<\/span>security challenges<\/span><\/b>\u202ffor the\u202f<\/span>citizens and administration<\/span><\/b>\u202falike with incidents of thefts, eve-teasing etc. on a rise.\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The development of IT industries has come as\u202f<\/span>a boon for the country<\/span><\/b>. Its development should be\u202f<\/span>decentralized into tier2 and tier3 cities also<\/span><\/b>, so as to ensure an\u202f<\/span>inclusive development in the growing knowledge economy.<\/span><\/b>\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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    The IT industries in India are concentrated in the\u202fmajor metropolitan cities of India\u202fsuch as\u202fBengaluru, Mumbai, Chennai etc. This\u202fisolated concentration of the IT industries\u202fin these cities have several\u202fsocio-economic implications\u202fsuch as:\u202f\u00a0 Economic empowerment: Development of IT industries in major cities, have led to the\u202feconomic empowerment,\u202frise of new middle class\u202fthrough higher employment opportunities\u202fand development of ancillary businesses.\u202f\u00a0 Gender… Continue reading [Answered] What are the main socio-economic implications arising out of the development of IT industries in major cities of India?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10308,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[10606],"class_list":["post-160095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-public","tag-mains-2021-gs-1-solutions","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":100,"cached_at":1698470623,"cached_date":1698660113},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10308"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160095"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160095\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}