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{{Short description|Indian Government online encyclopedia}}
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| launch_date = {{Start date and age|2014|02|18|df=yes}}<ref name="ta">{{cite news | url=http://www.techinasia.com/indian-government-launches-homemade-wikipedia/ | title=Indian government launches Vikaspedia | work=Techinasia | date=19 February 2014 | accessdate=20 February 2014}}</ref>
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'''Vikaspedia''' is an Indian [[online encyclopedia|online encyclopaedia]], launched by the [[Government of India]].<ref name="DNA 18 Feb">{{cite news | url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-government-launches-vikaspedia-as-online-information-guide-1963221 | title=Government launches Vikaspedia as online information guide | work=DNA | date=18 February 2014 | accessdate=19 February 2014}}</ref><ref name="NDTV 18 Feb">{{cite web | url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/government-launches-vikaspedia-website-for-local-content-development-tools-485118 | title=Government launches Vikaspedia, website for local content development tools | work=NDTV | date=18 February 2014 | accessdate=19 February 2014}}</ref> The website was implemented by [[C-DAC Hyderabad]] and is run by the [[Department of Electronics and Information Technology]], [[Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (India)|Ministry of Communications and Information Technology]]. It is built as a portal for the social sectors, and offers information in 23 languages: [[English language|English]], [[Assamese language|Assamese]], [[Telugu language|Telugu]], [[Hindi language|Hindi]], [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]], [[Kannada language|Kannada]], [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]], [[Tamil language|Tamil]], [[Bodo language|Bodo]], [[Dogri language|Dogri]], [[Sanskrit language|Sanskrit]], [[kashmiri language|Kashmiri]], [[Konkani language|Konkani]], [[Nepali language|Nepali]], [[Odia language|Odia]], [[Urdu language|Urdu]], [[Maithili language|Maithili]], [[Meitei language|Meitei]], [[Santali language|Santali]], [[Sindhi language|Sindhi]], [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]], and [[Marathi language|Marathi]].<ref name="Livemint 18 Feb">{{cite web | url=http://www.livemint.com/Industry/zQAIYEPdiDq62R2y9G9ZXO/Govt-launches-Vikaspedia-as-online-information-guide.html | title=Govt launches Vikaspedia as online information guide | publisher=Livemint | date=18 February 2014 | accessdate=19 February 2014}}</ref>

It was started on 18 February 2014 and has information in the domains of Agriculture, Health, Education, Social Welfare, Energy and e-Governance.<ref name="TOI 18 Feb">{{cite news | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/tech-news/internet/Government-launches-online-information-guide-Vikaspedia/articleshow/30629322.cms | title=Government launches online information guide Vikaspedia | work=Times of India | date=18 February 2014 | accessdate=19 February 2014}}</ref> The name of the portal is a portmanteau of the words ''Vikas'' ([[Sanskrit]] for "Development") and encyclo''pedia''. The portal provides information in local languages in all six given sectors. {{citation needed|date=June 2015}}

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://vikaspedia.in/ Official website]
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[[Category:Government services web portals in India]]
[[Category:Internet properties established in 2014]]
[[Category:Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (India)]]
[[Category:Multilingual online encyclopedias]]
[[Category:2014 establishments in India]]
[[Category:Meitei-language websites]]
[[Category:Tamil-language websites]]
[[Category:Tamil-language encyclopedias]]
[[Category:Telugu-language websites]]
[[Category:Indian encyclopedias]]
[[Category:Nepali-language encyclopedias]]
[[Category:Hindi-language encyclopedias]]

Vikaspedia - Revision history

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