# RFC - An Open Tech Strategy for India

**URL:** <https://forum.fossunited.org/t/rfc-an-open-tech-strategy-for-india/1594>\
**Category:** Policy\
**Created:** [23 December 2022 13:05 UTC](https://forum.fossunited.org/t/rfc-an-open-tech-strategy-for-india/1594 "2022-12-23T13:05:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![knadh](https://forum.fossunited.org/user_avatar/forum.fossunited.org/knadh/32/30_2.png) [@knadh](https://forum.fossunited.org/u/knadh)\
**Post date:** [9 March 2023 07:00 UTC](https://forum.fossunited.org/t/rfc-an-open-tech-strategy-for-india/1594/20 "2023-03-09T07:00:38Z")

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Agree that such an office shouldn’t end up being yet another layer of bureaucracy.

> [@rushabh](#):
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> FOSS is doing fine without government help

Disagree. There are barely any FOSS projects out of India despite the massive consumption, and the massive amounts of tax payer money is spent by governments on procuring proprietary software. A small change there might have multiple good outcomes including tax payer money that’s saved, and money flowing into the local tech/FOSS ecosystem, which in addition may also spawn contextually relevant FOSS.

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