Maintaining Windows XP After April 8 May Cost 
1,190 Crore/Year
With 28 "working days" left for businesses in India to secure their IT environments and migrate from Windows XP to a higher version, Indian firms have shown a significant momentum in adopting Windows 7/8, Bajwa said.
"This is a genuine threat to Indian businesses and it is worrying to see that many organisations in critical industries, for example banking, aren't moving quickly enough," he added.
Microsoft India GM (Windows Business) Amrish Goyal said that in order to help firms who are migrating from Win Windows XP, the company will provide extended support after April 8 like some level of anti-virus support for about a year.
"We will provide some support after April 8, but it will not be for underlying vulnerabilities," he added.
Of the 84 per cent PCs that migrated from Windows XP, about 25 per cent made the transition in the last 12-18 months, Goyal said.
"We expect that by April this 84 per cent will go up to 90 per cent," he added.
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