Online Stagnates Delhi NCR Market

Delhi

Delhi officially the National Capital Territory of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India. It is bordered by Haryana on three sides and by Uttar Pradesh to the east. The NCT covers an area of 1,484 square kilometres (573 sq mi). According to 2011 census, Delhi's city population was about 11 million, the second highest in India after Mumbai, while the whole NCT population was about 16.8 million. Delhi's urban area is now considered to extend beyond the NCT boundary to include an estimated population of over 26 million people making it the world's second largest urban area.  As of 2016 recent estimates of the metro economy of its urban area have ranked Delhi either the top or second most productive metro area of India. Delhi is the second wealthiest city after Mumbai in India, with a total wealth of $450 billion and home to 18 billionaires and 23,000 millionaires.

Private schools in Delhi – which use either English or Hindi as the language of instruction – are affiliated to one of three administering bodies, the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE), the Central Board for Secondary Education or the National Institute of Open Schooling

IT Market in Delhi

Nehru Place is a large commercial, financial, and business center in Delhi, India. Though its importance as a financial centre has declined in recent years, Nehru Place is still a prominent commercial area in South Delhi and houses the headquarters of several Indian firms. It is widely considered to be a major information technology hub of South Asia. Other IT Market of Delhi are Khan Market, Karol Bagh, Gaffar Market, Wazirpur Commercial Complex.

IT Associations of Delhi are – All Delhi Computer Traders Association (ADCTA), Computer Media Dealers Association (CMDA), Progressive Channels Association of Information Technology (PCAIT) and Wazirpur Computer Market.

There are 5000+ computer dealers in Delhi and overall 60+ System Integrators in Delhi Region and it is the largest IT Hub in India.

Present market situation of Delhi:

“The market in Delhi is stagnant and not showing any growth now days, it is not going at that speed on which it should be” said Himanshu Gupta, SSDN Technologies, New Delhi.

Ghaziabad

Ghaziabad otherwise called the 'Gateway Of Uttar Pradesh' is a suburban district of UP situated in the north of India. Ghaziabad's landscape also comes under National Capital Region (NCR). Its population stands the third highest in the region of Uttar Pradesh.

Ghaziabad is a fast growing and developing city reason being it is complemented by neighboring cities as Delhi and Gurgaon. The IT, Education and Industry sector are snowballing as a significant part of this development.

Educational Sector:

Ghaziabad is also progressing in the field of education, with some well known colleges being a part of Ghaziabad's knowledge and learning space. In this specialized sector of education, Colleges that read in the order of Indraprastha Engineering College(IEC), ABES Engineering College, Krishna Institute of Engineering & Technology(KIET), IME Law College and NIFA rules the roost.

IT Market in the city:

Shiva Tower and Ambedkar Road are Ghaziabad's oldest markets. At a time the IT sector was at its peak but when the online market suffered a lot. This leads to a great loss IT market. Everyone starts choosing online instead of offline. This became the reason for shutdown of many retail shops & vendors.

There are total 100+ IT dealers in city. The IT dealers in Ghaziabad mainly deal in Laptops and Desktops but now days some dealers are moving towards mobile market.

In interaction with DQ Channels Dheeraj Kumar Arora, ACME Computers said, “Market went down at the time of Demonetization but now its okay but some dealers are moved towards Mobile market. 95% of IT dealers in Ghaziabad only deals in Laptops and Desktops but rest 5% are also deals in Mobiles”

Gurgaon

Once a small dusty agricultural village, Gurgaon has now emerged to become the city with the third highest per capita income in India. Popularly known as Millennium city Gurgaon has the presence of about 250 or 50% of the Fortune 500 companies. Gurgaon's landscape also comes under National Capital Region (NCR).Gurgaon is located in Gurgaon district in the Indian state of Haryana and is situated in the south eastern part of the state.

Gurgaon is a fast growing city due to presence of many industries and also welcoming new industries on regular basis. The IT sector is also growing at a fast rate and supports the process of development.

IT Market in Gurgaon:

Apna Bazar , Bhargav Palace, Sec-14, AKD Tower, Satyam Plaza, Ganpati Arcade and Galleria market are the major markets. But after the birth of online market the crowd is less here now days. People choose online over offline due to difference in prices and varieties this became reason for many retailers to shut down their businesses.

There are approx 150 IT dealers in city. Gurgaon IT Traders association is the only computer traders association of Gurgaon which have 70+ dealers of Gurgaon as their members.

Asking Upon the present Market Scenario VIJAY SHARMA, MV INFOTECH SYSTEMS PVT LTD said, “We are just waiting for GST everything is depend on it.  After implication of GST dealers can take goods from wherever they want without any extra taxes which will help to improve business and bring free flow in business”

Faridabad

Faridabad is the largest city in the north Indian state of Haryana in Faridabad district. It is a leading industrial centre and situated in the National Capital Region bordering the Indian capital New Delhi. Located 284 kilometres south of the state capital Chandigarh and 38 kilometers (21 miles) south of the national capital, Delhi, it is the most populous city in the state of Haryana. The river Yamuna forms the eastern district boundary with Uttar Pradesh. Government of India included it the second list of Smart Cities Mission on 24 May 2016.

There are 30+ Computer dealers in Faridabad and approximately 8-10 System Integrators. There is no any IT association in the city. IT market for Faridabad is Nehru Ground, Faridabad.

Not a big market as compare to other NCR region and only having resellers Faridabad also faces some problems, asking about them from Vikram Singh, Microworld said, “In Faridabad the competition of resellers is mainly the online platform, as the products are always cheaper on online as compare to retail market . This is the main problem they are facing in Faridabad”

Noida

Noida, short for the New Okhla Industrial Development Authority, is a systematically planned Indian city under the management of the New Okhla Industrial Development Authority (also called NOIDA). It is part of National Capital Region of India. Noida came into administrative existence on 17 April 1976 and celebrates 17 April as "Noida Day". It was set up as part of an urbanisation thrust during the controversial Emergency period (1975–1977). The city was created under the UP Industrial Area Development Act by the initiatives of Sanjay Gandhi. The city has the highest per capita income in the whole National Capital Region. The Noida Authority is among the richest civic bodies in the country. As per provisional reports of Census India, the population of Noida in 2011 is 642,381, of which male and female are 352,577 and 289,804 respectively. Roads in Noida are lined by trees and it is considered to be India's greenest city with about 50% green cover, the highest of any city in India.

Noida is not that much known for its IT Market but there are around 40 IT dealers in the city they all are almost Resellers. Sector-18, Savitri Market and Atta Market are the main market where IT dealers sit.

Same as Faridabad the main problem of dealers in Noida is the competition from online trading, which is the main obstacle between their sales. Due a short no. of dealers Noida do not have any IT Association.