Chandigarh, Sep 3 - India is expected to clock double-digit growth in the software and IT enabled services (ITeS) exports next year as the US and other markets are recovering from the meltdown, a top official of the trade association NASSCOM said here Thursday.

'We are expecting IT exports to grow in double digits as the software markets of the US and other countries are recovering well. These markets became sluggish due to the financial meltdown but now things have started improving,' NASSCOM chairman Pramod Bhasin told reporters.

He was speaking on the sidelines of 'e-Revolution 2009', a flagship forum of this region jointly hosted by the governments of Haryana and Punjab and the Chandigarh administration in association with NASSCOM and Software Technology Parks of India (STPI).

'In 2009-10, the Indian market has grown by merely four to seven percent and the software exports from India have been around $48 to 50 billion.