18-455: The National Informatics Centre Services Inc. ( NIC ) is an Indian government department under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY). The NIC provides infrastructure, IT Consultancy, IT Services including but not limited to architecture, design, development and implementation of IT Systems to Central Government Departments and State Governments, helping in implementing
36-507: A Service (PaaS), Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Software as a Services (Saas), Virtual servers, Kubernetes containers, DevOps, etc. In April 2023, Jio Platforms secured a ₹ 350 crore contract to manage and improve the cloud services of National Informatics Centre (NIC) for five years for onsite maintenance at various Data Centers in Delhi, Pune and Bhubaneswar. The following CoE(Centre of Excellence) has been established: NIC established
54-513: Is a senior member of the council of ministers and is often assisted by one or two junior ministers or the Ministers of State. The current minister is Jyotiraditya Scindia who has been serving in office since 10 June 2024 and is currently assisted by Dr. Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani as the Minister of State for Communications. One former president - Shankar Dayal Sharma served as minister in
72-535: Is derived from Survey of India , Registrar General of India and Indian Space Research Organization . The maps are used by various government departments for official purposes and is also available for the use of consumers. NIC maintains the National Portal of India . The portal contains the Constitution of India , and has a design objective to a single point to access the information and services of
90-524: The First Nehru ministry formed on 15 August 1947. Rafi Ahmed Kidwai was appointed as the first Minister of Communications and served until 1951. The ministry was merged with the Ministry of Transport to form the "Ministry of Transport and Communications" on 17 April 1957 in the Third Nehru ministry . Lal Bahadur Shastri was appointed as the minister in the newly-formed ministry. The ministry
108-470: The electronics industry . Under the sponsorship of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology , the "Northeast Heritage" Web, owned by the Government of India , publishes information on Northeast India , in 5 Indian languages , Assamese , Meitei ( Manipuri ), Bodo , Khasi and Mizo, in addition to Hindi and English . Previously known as the "Department of Information Technology", it
126-812: The Centre of Excellence in Artificial Intelligence in 2019 to explore more opportunities for AI applications in governance. In 2020, the Union Government and NIC has launched the Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Blockchain Technology in Bengaluru. Bharat Maps is a web mapping service maintained by the National Informatics Center. The project was implemented in the 2004-09 five-year cycle and the data
144-635: The Electronics Commission of India and later moved under the Planning Commission of India before coming under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY - Hindi : इलेक्ट्रॉनिकी और सूचना प्रौद्योगिकी मंत्रालय ). Additional Secretary Narasimaiah Seshagiri was the first to introduce a network system in India called NICNET. The organisation designs and develops IT systems for various government bodies, helping in
162-598: The Government of India. Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology ( MEITy ) is an executive agency of the Union Government of the Republic of India . It was carved out of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology on 19 July 2016 as a standalone ministerial agency responsible for IT policy, strategy and development of
180-595: The National Data Centres, NIC offices include Head Quarters situated in New Delhi and has State Centres in all 36 states and Union territories. This is supplemented by 741 district offices. National Informatics Centre developed GI Cloud named as MeghRaj. This project was launched by Government of India for cloud computing in February 2014. MeghRaj Cloud offers a variety of service model like Platform as
198-467: The Republic of India". To boost and leverage Quantum computing potential, ministry has done a partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS). The initiative is said to boost researchers and scientists work on quantum computing and will provide access to Amazon’s Braket cloud-based quantum computing service. Ministry based on the proposal received and vetted by a steering committee will approve and sanction
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#1732775608383216-480: The digitization initiatives of Digital India . The organisation also carries out research in the IT domain and recruits various scientists and Scientific/Technical Assistants. The organisation's primary function is to cater to ICT needs at all levels of governance and facilitate digital access to government services for citizens. The National Informatics Centre (NIC) was established in 1976 by Narasimaiah Seshagiri under
234-687: The institutional linkages with the Ministries/Departments of the Central Government, state Governments and District administrations of India. NIC is the primary constructor of e-Government applications. It also manages the National Knowledge Network . In 2018, NIC opened its fourth data center in Bhubaneshwar to complement its existing data centers in New Delhi, Hyderabad and Pune. In addition to
252-449: The ministry. Sharma was Cabinet Minister for Communications from 1974 until 1977. Two former prime ministers, Lal Bahadur Shastri and Inder Kumar Gujral also served as ministers in the ministry. Shastri was Cabinet Minister for Transport and Communications from 1957 until 1958, while Gujral was Minister of State for Communications from 1967 until 1971. The Ministry of Communications came into existence soon after India's independence in
270-479: The modernization of management and administration processes of these government bodies as the country underwent Globalisation.The organisation provides digital access to various government services to the citizens.. It had an annual budget of ₹ 11.5 billion (US$ 140 million) for the year 2018–19. Most of this is spent in providing free services to various Government Departments. National Informatics Centre Services include: NIC's Network, "NICNET", facilitates
288-408: The set-up of the lab to bolster the quantum computing capability in India. Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (India) The Minister of Communications ( Hindi : संचार मंत्री ) is the head of the Ministry of Communications and a senior member of the union council of ministers of the Government of India . The portfolio is usually held by a minister with cabinet rank who
306-556: Was bifurcated on 31 August 1963 into the Ministry of Transport and the Department of Posts and Telegraphs. The "Department of Posts and Telegraphs" became the Ministry of Communications on 13 May 1964. On 22 December 2001, the Ministry of Communications and the Ministry of Information Technology were merged to form the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology . The ministry was further bifurcated on 5 July 2016 into
324-447: Was renamed as the Department of Electronics and Information Technology in 2012. On 19 July 2016, DeitY was made into full-fledged ministry, which henceforth is known as the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, bifurcating it from the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology. The following is a list of child agencies subordinated within the "Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Union Government of
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