"India's minister for information technology yesterday said he's dumping his current word processor, spreadsheet, and presentation graphics packages, will adopt the locally made alternatives from Zoho instead, and urged India's 1.4 billion residents to do likewise. "I am moving to Zoho - our own Swadeshi platform for documents, spreadsheets & presentations," the Minister wrote. Swadeshi is a word from Sanskrit and Bengali that describes self-sufficiency."
"The company also won a competition to create a locally developed web browser that India's government recommended citizens should adopt. In a video posted on X, Vainshaw said Zoho's products are "phenomenal." "I am so impressed with the capabilities of Zoho Writer, Zoho Sheets, and Zoho Presentation," he added. The minister's post also saw him "urge all to join" prime minister Narendra Modi's recent call for Indians to adopt indigenous products and services."
India's minister for information technology announced he will replace his current word processor, spreadsheet, and presentation software with Zoho's locally developed alternatives and encouraged citizens to do likewise. He described Zoho Writer, Zoho Sheets, and Zoho Presentation as phenomenal and said he was impressed with their capabilities. Zoho, an Indian software developer, provides many productivity tools and business applications mainly as SaaS and sells competitively priced bundles, claiming more than 100 million users. The company won a government competition to build a local web browser recommended for adoption. The minister linked the change to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's push for Swadeshi and domestic self-sufficiency amid trade and visa tensions with the USA.
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