IT-based govt outsourced projects in limbo due to Kashmir Unrest Archives

Ambitious government IT projects such as digitization of the state departments and Aadhar enrollment outsourced to local Information Technology (IT) companies are in a limbo as operations of these firms have been adversely hit by the continuous unrest in Kashmir, IT experts and the firm owners say. While Aadhar based work is commissioned to IT companies by the centre, digitization work is largely handed over to these companies by the state government. Several IT players say these projects were being handled by them till July 8 when Hizb commander Burhan…