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Pune , July 26

Maharashtra, which has fallen to the fifth position in software exports from the country, is all set to woo major IT companies to the State.

Talking to presspersons here on Wednesday, Mr Arvind Kumar, IT Secretary, said through these efforts, Microsoft is expected to begin its software development centre in Pune. He said an investment of $150 million is expected and that the final details are being worked out. He said this would not be in the STPI (Software Technology Park of India).

He said a delegation from IBM had also visited the State and was actively looking at opportunities here.

Mr Arvind Kumar, who was in the city to participate in InCSights 2006, organised by the Computer Society of India, said that Maharashtra, which had pioneered in software exports with the setting up of the Santacruz Export Processing Zone, had slipped to the fifth position. Cities like Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad and Noida were doing well while Maharashtra now accounted only for half of Karnataka's software exports.

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