National Informatics Centre

National Informatics Centre

Abbreviation	NIC
Formation	1976 (1976)
Headquarters	New Delhi
Location	Pan India
Region served	India
Director General	Dr. Neeta Verma
Parent organisation	Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
Budget	₹11.5 billion (US$160 million)
Staff	4500 (May 2018)
Website	www.nic.in

Template:Infobox network service provider The National Informatics Centre (NIC) is an attached office under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) in the Indian government. The NIC provides infrastructure to help support the delivery of government IT services and the delivery of some of the initiatives of Digital India.

History

National Informatics Centre (NIC) was established in 1976 under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY - Hindi: इलेक्ट्रॉनिकी और सूचना प्रौद्योगिकी मंत्रालय). Additional Secretary Late Dr. N Shesagiri was the first to introduce a network system in India called NICNET. It is the technology partner of the Government of India and is credited for helping the Indian government embrace IT in the 1990s and has also helped disseminate e-governance to the masses.

It had an annual budget of ₹11.5 billion (US$160 million) for the year 2018–19.

In May 2019, the government of India set up the Centre for Smart Governance (CSG), and state governments have since been advised to consult the CSG for IT projects they previously would have consulted the NIC and private firms for. Some claim that government sources have said "NIC is said to be unable to scale up", and Rajeev Chawla, Additional Chief Secretary (e-Governance), was quoted as saying "CSG will be an analogue to NIC".

Infrastructure

National Informatics Centre Services include:

• Government Local Area Networks (LANs)
• Video Conferencing
• National Knowledge Network (NKN)
• Email & Messaging
• Remote Sensing & GIS
• Webcast
• Domain Registration
• National Cloud
• Command and Control
• NICNET
• Data Centre
• Security
• Block Chain Technology (World-class Center of excellence in Block Chain Technology)

Formation of National Information Centre

The National Informatics Centre (NIC) established in 1976 under the Planning Commission by the India Government. Additional Secretary late Dr. N Shesagiri was the first to introduce a network system in India called NICNET. In 1985, after all in 1990 nic takeoff by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology

NIC's Network, "NICNET", facilitates the institutional linkages with the Ministries/Departments of the Central Government, state Governments and District administrations of India. NIC is noted for being the primary constructor of e-Government applications. It also manages the National Knowledge Network.

Data Centers and Offices

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 the national data centres there are NIC State Centres in 36 states or Union territories. This is supplemented by 708 district offices.

National Portal of India

NIC maintains the National Portal of India. The portal contains the Constitution of India, and claims to have a design objective to a single point to access the information and services of the Government of India.

Sources

• Bhattacharya, Jaijit (2006). Technology In Government, 1/e. Jaijit Bhattacharya. ISBN 9788190339742. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
• Bhagavan, M.R. (1997). New Generic Technologies in Developing Countries. London & New York: Macmillan & St. Martin. ISBN 978-0-333-65049-3.
• Government, of India (2019). Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology — Annual Report 2018–19 (PDF) (Report). Government of India. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 November 2019. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
• Malwad, N. M. (1996). Digital Libraries: Dynamic Storehouse of Digitized Information : Papers Presented at the SIS '96 15th Annual Convention and Conference 18-20 January, 1996 Bangalore. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9788122408980. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
• Prabhu, C. S. R. (2012). E-Governance: Concepts and Case Studies (6 ed.). PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd. ISBN 9788120345577.
• Rituraj, Vishalakshi (2018). "e-Governance Plan: Impact and Changes". In Kumar, Puneet; Jain, Vinod Kumar; Pareek, Kumar Sambhav (eds.). The Stances of e-Government: Policies, Processes and Technologies. CRC Press. ISBN 9781351396189. OCLC 1064971921. Retrieved 5 November 2019. {{cite book}}: |archive-date= requires |archive-url= (help)

External links

• [url=https://www.nic.in/ www.nic.in]