• The Office of the Prime Minister issued a Notification on 22nd May 1998 constituting a National Task Force on Information Technology and Software Development. Professor M.G.K. Menon, Co-Chairperson of the Task Force, Shri Sudheendra Kulkarni of PMO and Dr.N.Seshagiri, Member-Convener of the Task Force, met the Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission & Chair-Person of the Task Force on 26th May 1998 for finalising the guidelines regarding the deliberations of the Task Force.
  
  
• As advised by the Deputy Chairman, a Web Site was created over INTERNET for inviting suggestions from IT professionals interested in India. On the basis of a number of reports on the topic prepared by various Organisations like the Planning Commission, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Ministry of Commerce, Department of Electronics and NIC as well as Industry Associations like NASSCOM, ESC, and MAIT and the suggestions given by the various Members of the Task Force, the Member-Convener prepared a Basic Background Report (BR-1) and hosted the same on the Web. More than about 3000 suggestions have been received from IT professionals around the world in addition to the comments of the Members of the Task Force.
  
  
• Based on these, a number of prepratory meetings were held both with the Members of the Task Force as well as the Secretaries and Ministers of the Ministries concerned as per the following schedule:

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• The Minutes of the preparatory meetings of the Task Force
  

• Minutes of the Meeting of the National Task Force held in the Conference Room of "Sahyadri", Government of Maharashtra, Mumbai on 18 June 1998
  

• The minutes of the meetings held with Ministry of Communications / Department of Telecommunication / Wireless Planning and Coordination, culminating in two meetings with the Minister for Communications.
  
  
• The Minutes of the Meeting with Finance Secretary
  
  
• Press Release : New Delhi - July 04, 1998
  
  National Task Force on Information Technology and Software Development submits the 'IT Action Plan' to the Prime Minister
  
  
• Press Release : New Delhi - July 06, 1998
  
  Path-breaking recommendations in the 'IT Action Plan' submitted to the Prime Minister by the National Task Force on Information Technology and Software Development
  
  
• Notification in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary) -Planning Commission Resolution,New Delhi, the 25th July 1998
  
  Recommendations of the IT Task force notified in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary) -Planning Commission Resolution,New Delhi, the 25th July 1998
  
  
• Minutes of the meeting of the National Task Force on IT & SD, Date: 25 July 1998, Venue: Vidhana Soudha, Bangalore
  
  
  
• Minutes of the meeting of the National Task Force on Information Technology and Software Development held in Raj Bhavan, Calcutta on 3 August 1998
  
  
• Minutes of the meeting of the Panel on Development, Manufacture and Export of IT Hardware Date: 7th September,1998 Venue: Electronics Niketan, CGO Complex, New Delhi
  
  
• Minutes of the meeting of the National Task Force on Information Technology and Software Development held on 26 October 1998 at Committee Room No. 122, Yojana Bhavan, New Delhi
  
  

• Minutes of the meeting with the members of the National Task Force on Information Technology and Software Development and the IT Hardware Panel with the Hon'ble Finance Minister held on 31^st October 1998

• Constitution of High Level Empowered Action Force on Managing the Impact of Year 2000 Problem in India.

• Minutes of the meeting of the National Task Force on Information Technology and Software Development
  held under the chairmanship of Shri N. Chandrababu Naidu,
  Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh and Co-Chairperson of the National Task Force,
  on 21 November 1998 at the Office of the Chief Minister, Andhra Pradesh Secretariat, Hyderabad.

• Minutes of the meeting of the National Task Force on Information Technology and Software Development (New)
  held under the chairmanship of Professor M. G. K. Menon,
  Co-Chairperson, National Task Force on Information Technology & Software Development, 3rd April 1999.