Google India seems to be putting a lot of weight behind its year-old 'India Get Your Business Online' campaign. Google India and webhosting services provider HostGator have built over 2,500 free websites for businesses operating from Old Delhi's historic Chandni Chowk market.

Launching the initiative, Kapil Sibal, Union Minister of Communications & IT, said the Internet is becoming an engine of economic growth and is expected to contribute over $100 billion to India's GDP by 2015. "I am happy to note that due to initiatives such as these, small and medium businesses are embracing the Internet to increase their competitiveness. I would like to congratulate all these businesses from Chandni Chowk who got a website from Google's initiative and hope that many more businesses will adopt the Internet."

Google India has also launched a portal, www.chandnichowknowonline.in, which will act as a directory for the all the businesses that have been put online as part of the drive. The Chandni Chowk market was built in the 17th century and some of the businesses there have been operating for over 100 years.