Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology

Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
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Ministry overview
Preceding Ministry	Ministry of Communications and Information Technology;
Jurisdiction	Government of India
Headquarters	Sanchar Bhawan; New Delhi; 28°37′18″N 77°12′50″E / 28.62167°N 77.21389°E
Annual budget	₹9,720.66 crore (US$1.4 billion) (2021-22 est.)
Ministers responsible	Ashwini Vaishnaw, Cabinet Minister; Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Minister of State;
Ministry executive	Ajay Prakash Sawhney IAS, Secretary;
Website	meity.gov.in

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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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

National Informatics Centre (NIC)
Standardisation Testing and Quality Certification Directorate (STQC)
Controller of Certifying Authorities (CCA)
Cyber Appellate Tribunal (CAT)
Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Registry
Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In)
IN Registry

Companies under MeitY[edit]

CSC e-Governance Services India Limited
Digital Locker
Media Lab Asia (MLAsia)
National Informatics Centre Services Incorporated (NICSI) — Public Sector Enterprise under control of National Informatics Centre.
National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI)
STPI
Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI)

Autonomous Societies of MeitY[edit]

Education and Research in Computer Networking (ERNET)
Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC)
Centre for Materials for Electronics Technology (C-MET)
National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT) — Formerly DOEACC Society
Society for Applied Microwave Electronics Engineering and Research (SAMEER)
Software Technology Parks of India (STPI)
Electronics and Computer Software Export Promotion Council (ESC)

Ministers[edit]

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

N	Name	Term of office		Political party (Alliance)		Prime Minister
1	Rafi Ahmed Kidwai	15 August 1947	2 August 1951	Indian National Congress		Jawaharlal Nehru
2	Amrit Kaur	2 August 1951	13 May 1952
3	Jagjivan Ram	13 May 1952	7 December 1956
4	Raj Bahadur	7 December 1956	17 April 1957
5	Lal Bahadur Shastri	17 April 1957	28 March 1958
6	S. K. Patil	29 March 1958	24 August 1959
7	Jawaharlal Nehru	25 August 1959	2 September 1959
8	P. Subbarayan	2 September 1959	9 April 1962
9	Jagjivan Ram	10 April 1963	31 August 1963
10	Ashoke Kumar Sen	1 September 1963	13 June 1964
—	Ashoke Kumar Sen	1 September 1963	13 June 1964			Lal Bahadur Shastri
11	Satya Narayan Sinha	13 June 1964	12 March 1967			Lal Bahadur Shastri
—	Satya Narayan Sinha	13 June 1964	12 March 1967			Indira Gandhi
12	Ram Subhag Singh	13 March 1967	14 February 1969
13	Satya Narayan Sinha	14 February 1969	8 March 1971
14	Indira Gandhi	9 March 1971	17 March 1971
15	Sher Singh	18 March 1971	2 May 1971
16	Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna	2 May 1971	8 November 1973
17	Raj Bahadur	8 November 1973	11 January 1974
18	Kasu Brahmananda Reddy	11 January 1974	10 October 1974
19	Shankar Dayal Sharma	10 October 1974	24 March 1977
20	Morarji Desai	24 March 1977	26 March 1977	Janata Party		Morarji Desai
21	Parkash Singh Badal	26 March 1977	27 March 1977	Shiromani Akali Dal	rowspan="1" width="3px" bgcolor="Template:Akali Dal/meta/color" \|
22	George Fernandes	28 March 1977	6 July 1977	Janata Party
23	Brij Lal Varma	6 July 1977	28 July 1979	Janata Party
24	Charan Singh	28 July 1979	30 July 1979	Janata Party (Secular)		Charan Singh
25	Zulfiquarullah (MoS, Independent Charge)	30 July 1979	27 November 1979
26	Shyam Nandan Mishra	7 December 1979	14 January 1980
27	Bhishma Narain Singh	16 January 1980	3 March 1980	Indian National Congress		Indira Gandhi
28	C. M. Stephen	3 March 1980	2 September 1982
29	Anant Prasad Sharma	2 September 1982	14 February 1983
30	Rajiv Gandhi	31 October 1984	4 November 1984			Rajiv Gandhi
31	V. N. Gadgil	4 November 1984	31 December 1984
32	Ram Niwas Mirdha (MoS, Independent Charge)	31 December 1984	22 October 1986
33	Arjun Singh	22 October 1986	14 February 1988
34	Vasant Sathe	14 February 1988	25 June 1988
35	Bir Bahadur Singh	25 June 1988	30 June 1989
36	Giridhar Gamang (MoS, Independent Charge)	4 July 1989	2 December 1989
37	V. P. Singh	2 December 1989	6 December 1989	Janata Dal		V. P. Singh
38	K.P. Unnikrishnan	6 December 1989	23 April 1990	Congress (Secular)
39	Janeshwar Mishra (MoS, Independent Charge)	30 April 1990	5 November 1990	Janata Dal
40	Chandra Shekhar	10 November 1990	21 November 1990	Samajwadi Janata Party		Chandra Shekhar
41	Sanjay Singh (MoS, Independent Charge)	22 November 1990	21 June 1991	Samajwadi Janata Party		Chandra Shekhar
42	Rajesh Pilot (MoS, Independent Charge)	21 June 1991	17 January 1993	Indian National Congress		P. V. Narasimha Rao
43	Sukh Ram (MoS, Independent Charge)	17 January 1993	16 May 1996	Indian National Congress		P. V. Narasimha Rao
44	Atal Bihari Vajpayee	16 May 1996	1 June 1996	Bharatiya Janata Party		Atal Bihari Vajpayee
45	Beni Prasad Verma (As MoS, Independent Charge till 10 July 1996)	1 June 1996	19 March 1998	Samajwadi Party		H. D. Dewe Gowda I. K. Gujral
46	Atal Bihari Vajpayee	19 March 1998	21 March 1998	Bharatiya Janata Party		Atal Bihari Vajpayee
47	Buta Singh	21 March 1998	19 April 1998
48	Sushma Swaraj	20 April 1998	11 October 1998
49	Jagmohan	6 December 1998	8 June 1999
50	Ram Vilas Paswan	13 October 1999	1 September 2001	Janata Dal (United)
51	Pramod Mahajan	2 September 2001	28 January 2003	Bharatiya Janata Party
52	Arun Shourie	29 January 2003	22 May 2004	Bharatiya Janata Party
53	Dayanidhi Maran	23 May 2004	15 May 2007	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam		Manmohan Singh
54	A. Raja	16 May 2007	14 November 2010	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
55	Manmohan Singh	15 November 2010	19 January 2011	Indian National Congress
56	Kapil Sibal	19 January 2011	26 May 2014	Indian National Congress
57	Ravi Shankar Prasad	26 May 2014	5 July 2016	Bharatiya Janata Party		Narendra Modi

Former ministers[edit]

No	Portrait	Name	Tenure			Political Party		Prime Minister
1		Ravi Shankar Prasad	5 July 2016	7 July 2021	5 years, 2 days	Bharatiya Janata Party		Narendra Modi
2		Ashwini Vaishnaw	7 July 2021	Incumbent	2 years, 213 days	Bharatiya Janata Party		Narendra Modi

List of Ministers of State[edit]

Ministers of State For Electronics and Information Technology
Minister of state	Political party	Term		Days
P. P. Chaudhary	Bharatiya Janata Party	5 July 2016	3 September 2017	425 days
Alphons Kannanthanam		3 September 2017	14 May 2018	253 days
S. S. Ahluwalia		14 May 2018	30 May 2019	381 days
Sanjay Dhotre		30 May 2019	7 July 2021	769 days
Rajeev Chandrasekhar		7 July 2021	Incumbent	943 days

References[edit]

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

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[1] "Budget data" (PDF). www.indiabudget.gov.in. 2021.

[2] "Who's who | Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India". Meity.gov.in.

[secretaryoffice-3] "Secretary's Office - Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India". meity.gov.in.

[peopleandperson-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

[ET-6] "Deity becomes a new ministry leg up for Ravi Shankar Prasad", economictimes.indiatimes.com

[deity_org-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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