Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology

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Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
Emblem of India
Ministry overview
Preceding Ministry
JurisdictionGovernment of India
HeadquartersSanchar Bhawan
New Delhi
28°37′18″N 77°12′50″E / 28.62167°N 77.21389°E / 28.62167; 77.21389
Annual budget₹6,000 crore (US$840 million) (2018-19 est.)[1]
Ministers responsible
Ministry executive
Websitemeity.gov.in

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY; Hindi: इलेक्ट्रॉनिकी और सूचना प्रौद्योगिकी मंत्रालय) 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 the electronics industry.

History

Previously known as "The Department of Information Technology", it was renamed to The Department of Electronics and Information Technology in 2012.[5] 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.[6]

Organisation structure

The following is a list of child agencies subordinated within "The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Union Government of the Republic of India".[7]

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 the set-up of the lab to bolster the quantum computing capability in India.[8]

Child agencies

Companies under MeitY

Autonomous Societies of MeitY

Ministers

For a list of ministers, see Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (India)#Former Ministers.[9]

Name Tenure Political Party Prime Minister
Ravi Shankar Prasad 05 July 2016 Incumbent Bharatiya Janata Party
(National Democratic Alliance) 		Narendra Modi

Ministers of State Government

2017-2019

References

  1. ↑ "Budget data" (PDF). www.indiabudget.gov.in. 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  2. ↑ "Who's who | Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India". Meity.gov.in. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  3. ↑ "Secretary's Office - Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India". meity.gov.in.
  4. ↑ "People and Offices". meity.gov.in. Archived from the original on 25 January 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
  5. ↑ "Department of Information Technology renamed", NDTV, Press Trust of India, 18 April 2012
  6. ↑ "Deity becomes a new ministry leg up for Ravi Shankar Prasad", economictimes.indiatimes.com
  7. ↑ "Deity Organisations". Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
  8. ↑ "MeitY to establish Quantum Computing Applications Lab in collaboration with AWS". www.businesstoday.in. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  9. ↑ "Former Ministers - Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India". meity.gov.in.
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